A city or pottery remains Identity: Safi
The town of Safi is a city of the Kingdom of Morocco which is located on the Atlantic coast, is a city rich in heritage, pottery, fishing, folk arts, ellle is the capital of the region Doukkala-Abda, bounded by Essaouira El Jadida, Marrakech, Safi port is one of the largest in the country, Safi is also home since the 60s, a large industrial complex processing of phosphate, it currently has more than 290.000 inhabitants.
This is one of the oldest cities of Morocco, not enough of this historical city, but it is especially marked by the Portuguese colonial presence in particular, and traces of Phoenician presence, Safi probably visited later by the Romans, it appears in Arabic texts under the name Asfi, from the eleventh century, a small port Safialors performer local.Safi city or the surrounding sea, Safi assured, as the port city of Marrakech Almohad empire the twelfth century, a direct relationship with Andalusia and presented as a highly urbanized area, with particularly significant fortifications and a large central mosque, which were attached many institutions.
At the end of the XII century, Abi Salih Mohammed, patron saint of Safi since founded a fortified monastery or ribat in a suburb adjoining the city, which would give a religious Safi, of national and international scope, Safi is pottery capital of the world, it has a village of potters who is on the hill in front of Bab Chaâba, one of the ancient gates of the city east side of Safi, which gives access to the old medina.
