World heritage in Morocco

Fez Marrakech Ait Ben Haddou Meknes Volubilis Tetouan Essaouira Mazagan Rabat

World Heritage Sites in Morocco

The world heritage in Morocco (as of 2018) includes nine UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Morocco ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1975, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2012.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Morocco in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Medina of Fez	1981	K	170
	Marrakech medina	1985	K	331	with Djemaa el Fna as well as Agdal Gardens and Menara Gardens
(more pictures)	Fortified city of Ait-Ben-Haddou ( location )	1987	K	444
	Medina of Meknes	1996	K	793
(more pictures)	Volubilis archaeological site ( location )	1997	K	836
	Medina of Tétouan (Titawin)	1997	K	837
	Essaouira Medina (formerly Mogador)	2001	K	753
	The Portuguese city of Mazagan (El Jadida)	2004	K	1058
	Rabat - modern capital with a historical core	2012	K	1401	In addition to the old town (medina) of Rabat , the world heritage includes the Ville Nouvelle , the Kasbah Oudaias , the Jardin d'Essais , the Almohad city wall with the city gates, the Chellah archaeological site , the Hassan mosque (with the Hassan tower ) and the mausoleum by Mohammed V and the Habous de Diour Jamaâ district .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2018, 13 sites are entered in the tentative list of Morocco, the last entry was made in 2016. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Moulay Idris Zerhoun ( location )	1995	K	450	Moulay Idris is a city ​​on the Jbel Zerhoun , founded by Idris I , the founder of the Islamic state of Morocco . The mausoleum of Idris I is also located here.
(more pictures)	Taza and the Great Mosque ( location )	1995	K	451	Taza is a city founded around the year 700. The fortifications and the Great Mosque stand out among the buildings .
(more pictures)	Tinmal Mosque ( location )	1995	K	452
(more pictures)	City of Lixus ( location )	1995	K	456	Ruins of a Phoenician and Roman city
	El Gour ( location )	1995	K	458
(more pictures)	Taforalt cave ( location )	1995	K	459	The excavations contain traces of the Ibéromaurus culture .
(more pictures)	Talassemtane Nature Park ( location )	1998	N	1179
	Ajgal dragon tree area ( location )	1998	N	1180
(more pictures)	Khenifiss lagoon ( location )	1998	N	1182
	Dakhla National Park	1998	N	1183
	Figuig oasis ( location )	2001	K	5625
	Casablanca, city of the 20th century, intersection of various influences ( location )	2013	K	5848
	Tighmert oasis chain, pre-Saharan region of Wad Noun	2016	K

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO . Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Belyounech ( location )	1985-1994	K
(more pictures)	Chefchaouen ( location )	1985-1994	K
	Draa Bani in the High Atlas	1985-1994	?
	Salé with the Muslim necropolis of Chellah ( location )	1987-1987	K		included the city of Salé on the north bank of the Bou-Regreg and the necropolis of Chellah on the other side of the river in the city of Rabat , which was included in the World Heritage List in 2012 as part of Rabat - modern capital with a historical core (Ref. 1401 ).
	Aghbar	2002-2005	K
	Toubkal	2005-2006	N

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Morocco  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Morocco on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morocco. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Morocco. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Morocco. In: World Heritage Site. Accessed March 13, 2018 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap