Essaouira -The Portuguese church

The Portuguese church In the medina near the south entrance of the Scala Kasbah, in a small dead end street, Rue Ibn Zohr, there is an old church just door to door with the old Portuguese consulat. Now the old wooden doors are padlocked but from a terrace on a nearby hotel we can see the ruins of the church tower. Unfortunately abandoned and neglected as many other historical monuments in this town. The Portuguese church and the old Portuguese consulate is situated in the small dead end street Rue Ibn Zohr	The street is named from the famous Arab muslim Ibn Zuhr, who was physician in Sevilla where he was born and where he died in 1162.
	Office of the consulate of Portugal 19th century. There were 8 foreign consulates (Denmark, Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Brazil ), mostly located in the Qasbah quarter. Learn more from: The Consulates of the Medina The Portuguese
The ruined tower of the Portuguese church