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Morocco UNESCO world heritage sites

Casablanca-Settat region [capital = Casablanca]

Portuguese City of Mazagan in El Jadida
The Mazagan fortress with its ditch and inclined ramparts is one of the first testimonies in the Lusitanian period of the application by Portuguese technology of new architectural concepts of Renaissance adapted to the advent of the firearm..

Draa-Tafilalet region [capital = Errachidia]

Ksar in Ait-Ben-Haddou
The community areas of the ksar include a mosque, a public square, grain threshing areas outside the ramparts, a fortification and a loft at the top of the village, an caravanserai, two cemeteries (Muslim and Jewish) and the Sanctuary of the Saint Sidi Ali or Amer. The Ksar of Ait- Ben-Haddou is a perfect synthesis of earthen architecture of the pre-Saharan regions of Morocco.

Fes-Meknes region [capital = Fes]

Medina in Fez
Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Marinids, when it replaced Marrakesh as the capital of the kingdom. The urban fabric and the principal monuments in the medina – madrasas, fondouks, palaces, residences, mosques and fountains - date from this period.

Historic City of Meknes
Behind the high defensive walls, pierced by nine monumental gates, are key monuments including twenty-five mosques, ten hammams, palaces, vast graneries, vestiges of fondouks (inns for merchants) and private houses, testimonies to the Almoravid, Merinid and Alaouite Periods.

Archaeological Site of Volubilis in Moulay-Idriss at Parc oualili, Route de Volubilis
The Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C., became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and was graced with many fine buildings.

Marrakech-Safi region [capital = Marrakech]

Medina in Marrakech see detail
Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was felt throughout the western Muslim world, from North Africa to Andalusia.

Medina and the Mogador archipelago in Essaouira
The Medina of Essaouira, formerly named Mogador (name originating from the Phoenician word Migdol meaning a « small fortress »), is an outstanding example of a fortified town of the mid-eighteenth century, surrounded by a wall influenced by the Vauban model. Indissociable from the Medina, the Mogador archipelago comprises a large number of cultural and natural sites of Outstanding Universal Value.

Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region [capital = Rabat]

Modern Capital and Historic City of Rabat
The new town is one of the largest and most ambitious modern urban projects built in Africa in the 20th century and probably the most complete. The older parts include Hassan Mosque (begun 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 17thcentury.

Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region [capital = Tanger]

Medina in Tetouan
A true synthesis of Moroccan and Andalusian cultures, the historic town of Tetouan presents urban and architectural features that have influenced the architectural and artistic development during the period of the Spanish Protectorate.