Agadir Oufella Ruins

The ruins of the old kasbah of Agadir Oufella on the hill above the bay — all that survived the 1960 earthquake that killed 15,000 people in 15 seconds and erased the city below. The ruins are preserved as a memorial. The inscription on the gate, in Arabic, Amazigh, and Hebrew, reads: "If destiny is stronger than man, memory is stronger than destiny." The view of the bay from the ruins is the best in the city.

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