Essaouira has been called mogador the well drawn marquetry of thuja lemon tree and cedar keep throughout the years their precious wooden scent and bewitching charm polished and painted wood marble sculptures ceramic marquetries paintings essaouira is home of master craftsmen forever guarded against pirates the city has always been safe behind its long tall walls and its artillery the skala de la kasbah the canons upon the walls form a unique architecture against which the waves c