Agadir Earthquake Memorial

On 29 February 1960 at 11:47pm, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale lasted 15 seconds and destroyed Agadir entirely. 15,000 people — a third of the population — died. The city that was rebuilt over the following decade was designed from scratch: wide boulevards, low-rise buildings, earthquake-resistant construction. Every building in modern Agadir is newer than 1962.