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Safi, Morocco
Safi is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, between El Jadida and Essaouira. Portugal held it from 1508 to 1541 and built a sea fortress there, the Dar el-Bahar, before the advance of the Saadi Sultanate forced its abandonment. Long known for its pottery, it later became Morocco's main sardine port and a centre of the phosphate industry.
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