Rabat modern capital and historic city- a shared heritage
Morocco
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On Atlantic coast in the northwest of the country, is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism. The inscribed city encompasses the new town conceived and built under the French Protectorate from 1912 to the 1930s, including royal and administrative areas, residential and commercial developments and the Jardins d’Essais botanical and pleasure gardens. It also encompasses older parts of the city dating back to the he 12 th century. The new town is one of the largest and most ambitious modern urban projects built in Africa in the 20 th century and probably the most complete. The older parts include Hassan Mosque (started in 1184) and the Almohad ramparts and gates, the only surviving parts of the project for a great capital city of the Almohad caliphate as well as remains from the Moorish, or Andalusian, principality of the 17 th century.
From our members:
outlawcatcher visited from 12/1/2017 to 12/2/2017.
smittytabb visited from 11/10/2013 to 11/11/2013.
Planinar visited from 4/26/2011 to .
stut visited from 1/1/2005 to 1/1/2005.
geomedic visited from 9/12/1989 to 9/12/1989.
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