Agadir is a city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Souss-Massa-Dra region.
The city is located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean.
At 15 minutes to midnight on February 29, 1960, Agadir was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake that lasted 15 seconds, burying the city and killing thousands. The death toll is estimated at 15,000. The earthquake destroyed the ancient Kasbah. On its front gate can still be read the following sentence in Dutch: “Fear God and honor thy King”.
On seeing the destruction in Agadir, King Muhammad V of Morocco declared: “If Destiny decided the destruction of Agadir, its rebuilding depends of our Faith and Will.” Reconstruction began in 1961, two kilometers south of the earthquake epicenter.
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