 The kasbah is placed on the strategic location which overlooks the river, and reachable through the strategic corridor known as Al-Kurrasa.The building is modeled after the similar fortification built during the Byzantine-era.There had been a long tradition among the Maghrebi dynasties such Almoravid, Almohad, Marinid and Saadi to construct kasbahs as fortifications, and this is considered another addition by the Alaouite Sultan.