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Around the end of the 1st century BC or early 1st century [[AD]], [[Juba II]] established a [[Tyrian purple]] factory, processing the [[murex]] and purpura shells found in the [[intertidal]] rocks at Essaouira and the [[Iles Purpuraires]]. This [[dye]] colored the purple stripe in [[Roman Empire|Imperial Roman]] [[Roman Senate|Senatorial]] [[toga]]s. |
Around the end of the 1st century BC or early 1st century [[AD]], [[Juba II]] established a [[Tyrian purple]] factory, processing the [[murex]] and purpura shells found in the [[intertidal]] rocks at Essaouira and the [[Iles Purpuraires]]. This [[dye]] colored the purple stripe in [[Roman Empire|Imperial Roman]] [[Roman Senate|Senatorial]] [[toga]]s. |
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A Roman house with foundations, artifacts and coins |
A Roman house with foundations, artifacts and coins were also found on the island. |
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In 1844, the [[French Navy]] invested and captured the island in the [[Bombardment of Mogador]].<ref name="Houtsma 550">[http://books.google.com/books?id=iJQ3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA550 ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 9'' Martijn Theodoor Houtsma p.550]</ref> |
In 1844, the [[French Navy]] invested and captured the island in the [[Bombardment of Mogador]].<ref name="Houtsma 550">[http://books.google.com/books?id=iJQ3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA550 ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 9'' Martijn Theodoor Houtsma p.550]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:57, 9 October 2011
Mogador island (French: Ile Mogador) is the main island of the Iles Purpuraires in front of Essaouira. It is about 3 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide, and lies about 1.5 kilometers from the opposite beach of Essaouira.[1]
The Carthaginian navigator Hanno visited and established a trading post there in the area in the 5th century BCE, and Phoenician artifacts have been found on the island.[1]
Around the end of the 1st century BC or early 1st century AD, Juba II established a Tyrian purple factory, processing the murex and purpura shells found in the intertidal rocks at Essaouira and the Iles Purpuraires. This dye colored the purple stripe in Imperial Roman Senatorial togas.
A Roman house with foundations, artifacts and coins were also found on the island.
In 1844, the French Navy invested and captured the island in the Bombardment of Mogador.[2]
It has now been designated as a natural reserve, and it cannot be visited without an official authorization.