Castelo Real

Castelo Real of Mogador
Castelo Real of Mogador, by Adriaen Matham, 1641.
Castelo Real of Mogador Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 31°30′34″N 9°46′30″W / 31.50944°N 9.77500°W / 31.50944; -9.77500Coordinates: 31°30′34″N 9°46′30″W / 31.50944°N 9.77500°W / 31.50944; -9.77500
Country	Morocco
Region	Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz

Castelo Real of Mogador, by Théodore Cornut 1767.

Location of the Castelo Real ("Chateau") at the northern edge of the bay of Mogador, where the harbour of Essaouira is located today.

Castelo Real was a Portuguese castle established in Mogador, modern Essaouira, by the Portuguese in 1506.^[1]

Construction (1506)

The Portuguese king Dom Manuel ordered Diogo de Azambuja, the founder of Castello da Mina, to build a castle on a small island, now called "La Petite Ile", in the Moroccan locality of Mogador.^[1] The role of the castle was to serve as a relay on their routes along the Moroccan coast, between Safi, where the Portuguese were established since the end of the 15th century, and Agadir, which had just been occupied in 1504. The castle could also easily receive supplies from Madeira.^[1]

The building of the fortress was strongly opposed by local Berbers and Arabs.^[1] Other Portuguese captains commanded the castle: Francisco de Miranda and Dom Pedro de Azevedo. On 12 May 1510, the king named Nicolau de Sousa as perpetual commander, but the castle was soon taken over by the local Berbers, and in December 1510 the castle had to be abandoned and the garrison relocated at Safi.

The castle was then occupied sporadically by the local Berbers.

The castle appears in various subsequent documents, as late as 1767 with the map of Théodore Cornut. Soon however the fortifications of Essaouira were updated to become what they are today, and all traces of the Castelo Real have disappeared.

Destruction (18th century)

The Castelo Real was located at the end of the 18th-century fortifications called "Scala del Mar" (in red).

The Castelo Real was totally demolished in the 18th century, following the plans to build the Essaouira city and fortifications by Mohammed ben Abdallah in the 18th century.

In its place are now 18th-century fortications, called the "Scala del Mar". Nothing remains of the Castelo Real, but judging from old maps, its location was at the end of the Scala del Mar.

Other Portuguese fortresses in Morocco

Altogether, the Portuguese are documented to have seized 6 Moroccan towns, and built 6 stand-alone fortresses on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, between the river Loukos in the north and the river of Sous in the south. Four of them only had a short duration: Graciosa (1489), São João da Mamora (1515), Castelo Real of Mogador (1506–10) and Aguz (1520–25). Two of them were to become permanent urban settlements: Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir, founded in 1505-06), and Mazagan founded in 1514-17. The Portuguese had to abandon most of their settlements between 1541 and 1550, although they were able to keep Ceuta, Tangier and Mazagan.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 4 "By 1506, at Mogador, his Castelo Real had risen firm and strong, in spite of opposition from fierce fanatical Berbers" The reign of the fortunate king, 1495-1521 Elaine Sanceau Archon Books, 1970 p.89
↑ City walls: the urban enceinte in global perspective James D. Tracy p.352

Portuguese overseas empire

North Africa

15th century

1415–1640	Ceuta
1458–1550	Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir)
1471–1550	Arzila (Asilah)
1471–1662	Tangier
1485–1550	Mazagan (El Jadida)
1487–16th century	Ouadane
1488–1541	Safim (Safi)
1489	Graciosa

16th century

1505–1541	Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir)
1506–1525	Mogador (Essaouira)
1506–1525	Aguz (Souira Guedima)
1506–1769	Mazagan (El Jadida)
1513–1541	Azamor (Azemmour)
1515	São João da Mamora (Mehdya)
1577–1589	Arzila (Asilah)

Sub-Saharan Africa

15th century

1455–1633	Anguim
1462–1975	Cape Verde
1470–1975	São Tomé¹
1471–1975	Príncipe¹
1474–1778	Annobón
1478–1778	Fernando Poo (Bioko)
1482–1637	Elmina (São Jorge da Mina)
1482–1642	Portuguese Gold Coast
1508–1547²	Madagascar³
1498–1540	Mascarene Islands

16th century

1500–1630	Malindi
1501–1975	Portuguese Mozambique
1502–1659	Saint Helena
1503–1698	Zanzibar
1505–1512	Quíloa (Kilwa)
1506–1511	Socotra
1557–1578	Accra
1575–1975	Portuguese Angola
1588–1974	Cacheu⁴
1593–1698	Mombassa (Mombasa)

17th century

1645–1888	Ziguinchor
1680–1961	São João Baptista de Ajudá
1687–1974	Bissau⁴

18th century

1728–1729	Mombassa (Mombasa)
1753–1975	Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe

19th century

1879–1974	Portuguese Guinea
1885–1975	Portuguese Congo

¹ Part of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1753.
² Or 1600.
³ A factory (Anosy Region) and small temporary coastal bases.
⁴ Part of Portuguese Guinea from 1879.

Southwest Asia

16th century

1506–1615	Gamru (Bandar Abbas)
1507–1643	Sohar
1515–1622	Hormuz (Ormus)
1515–1648	Quriyat
1515–?	Qalhat
1515–1650	Muscat
1515?–?	Barka
1515–1633?	Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)
1521–1602	Bahrain (Muharraq • Manama)
1521–1529?	Qatif
1521?–1551?	Tarut Island
1550–1551	Qatif
1588–1648	Matrah

17th century

1620–?	Khor Fakkan
1621?–?	As Sib
1621–1622	Qeshm
1623–?	Khasab
1623–?	Libedia
1624–?	Kalba
1624–?	Madha
1624–1648	Dibba Al-Hisn
1624?–?	Bandar-e Kong

Indian subcontinent

15th century

1498–1545

Laccadive Islands
(Lakshadweep)

16th century
Portuguese India

• 1500–1663	Cochim (Kochi)
• 1501–1663	Cannanore (Kannur)
• 1502–1658 1659–1661	Quilon (Coulão / Kollam)
• 1502–1661	Pallipuram (Cochin de Cima)
• 1507–1657	Negapatam (Nagapatnam)
• 1510–1961	Goa
• 1512–1525 1750	Calicut (Kozhikode)
• 1518–1619	Portuguese Paliacate outpost (Pulicat)
• 1521–1740	Chaul

	(Portuguese India)
• 1523–1662	Mylapore
• 1528–1666	Chittagong (Porto Grande De Bengala)
• 1531–1571	Chaul
• 1531–1571	Chalé
• 1534–1601	Salsette Island
• 1534–1661	Bombay (Mumbai)
• 1535	Ponnani
• 1535–1739	Baçaím (Vasai-Virar)
• 1536–1662	Cranganore (Kodungallur)
• 1540–1612	Surat
• 1548–1658	Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)
• 1559–1961	Daman and Diu
• 1568–1659	Mangalore

	(Portuguese India)
• 1579–1632	Hugli
• 1598–1610	Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam)

1518–1521	Maldives
1518–1658	Portuguese Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1558–1573	Maldives

17th century
Portuguese India

• 1687–1749

Mylapore

18th century
Portuguese India

• 1779–1954

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

East Asia and Oceania

16th century

1511–1641	Portuguese Malacca
1512–1621	Maluku
• 1522–1575	Ternate
• 1576–1605	Ambon
• 1578–1650	Tidore
1512–1665	Makassar
1537–1999	Macau
1571–1639	Decima (Dejima / Nagasaki)

17th century

1642–1975

Portuguese Timor (East Timor)¹

19th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1864–1999	Coloane
• 1849–1999	Portas do Cerco
• 1851–1999	Taipa
• 1890–1999	Ilha Verde

20th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1938–1941

Lapa and Montanha (Hengqin)

¹ 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.

North America and the North Atlantic Ocean

15th century

1420	Madeira
1432	Azores

16th century

1500–1579?	Terra Nova (Newfoundland)
1500–1579?	Labrador
1516–1579?	Nova Scotia

Central and South America

16th century

1500–1822	Brazil
• 1534–1549	Captaincy Colonies of Brazil
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• 1572–1578	Bahia
• 1572–1578	Rio de Janeiro
• 1578–1607	Brazil
• 1621–1815	Brazil
1536–1620	Barbados

17th century

1621–1751	Maranhão
1680–1777	Nova Colónia do Sacramento

18th century

1751–1772	Grão-Pará and Maranhão
1772–1775	Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
1772–1775	Maranhão and Piauí

19th century

1808–1822	Cisplatina (Uruguay)
1809–1817	Portuguese Guiana (Amapá)
1822	Upper Peru (Bolivia)

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Castelo Real

Construction (1506)

Destruction (18th century)

Other Portuguese fortresses in Morocco

See also

Notes