Larache and the ruins of Lixus

Larache

Larache is a small town on the Atlantic Coast of Morocco that sees few tourists. The place is quiet and nice to visit.

The main reason I came here is to have a jumping off point for an excursion at the ruins of Lixus.

16^th-century fortress. Unfortunately, there is so much trash.

Ruins of Lixus

The presence of megaliths indicates that the site was inhabited in prehistoric time. However, there is almost no information from that period until the Phoenicians around 1000 BC. Then, they were conquered by the Carthaginians in the 6^th century and finally by the Romans around AD 42. In the 5^th century, the site was completely abandoned.

Nowadays, the ruins are mostly of Romans origins with the exception of some that shows a Carthaginians influence.

The stones are enormous.

It was walking around the ruins.

Artefacts found at Lixus (Archeology Museum of Tétouan)