The Kasbah of the Udayas and harbor.

The Kasbah of the Udayas was built to protect the ancient Roman city of Sala Colonia (today known as the Necropolis of Chellah), as well as the mouth of the nav...
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The Kasbah of the Udayas was built to protect the ancient Roman city of Sala Colonia (today known as the Necropolis of Chellah), as well as the mouth of the navigable river, known as the Bou Regreg. The expansive Kasbah we see today started off as a humble military bunker nearly 1000 years ago.
In time it was built into a small fort, then expanded into a citadel. It has been abandoned, occupied, enlarged and remodeled countless times in the last millennium.
The Kasbah owes its name to a remarkable tribe that ruled over it for a time: the Udayas. They first settled on this promontory to take shelter from the attacks of other local tribes as well as to protect their coastal city from pirates, many of whom operated out of the nearby city of Salé.
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