Essaouira-Mogador Cemetery in Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz

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This is the only Christian cemetery in the city. As such, it was used by all Christian denominations. The site was established in 1745 and is still in use, although most of the graves have fallen into ruin over the years. While Mogador was fortified by the Portuguese, Europeans from many countries lived here over time, with the British having a particularly large presence in the period prior to the French protectorate. Thus, the cemetery serves as the final resting place for a range of nationalities and social classes, including doctors, foreign consuls, artists and children.

The neglected cemetery, where many grave markers are themselves decomposing, is a quiet reminder of the fragility of both human life and the very monuments we create to commemorate our lives. Only fragments of the world around us will survive to become history.