UNESCO World Heritage for Morocco |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 9 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Morocco to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Morocco for descriptions. Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for Morocco below.
1981 - Medina of Fez | Cultural site | ||
1985 - Medina of Marrakesh | Cultural site | ||
1987 - Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou | Cultural site | ||
1996 - Historic City of Meknes | Cultural site | ||
1997 - Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) | Cultural site | ||
1997 - Archaeological Site of Volubilis | Cultural site | ||
2001 - Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) | Cultural site | ||
2004 - Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) | Cultural site | ||
2012 - Rabat, modern capital and historic city: a shared heritage | Cultural site |
Medina of Fez | Historic City of Meknes | Archaeological Site of Volubilis | Rabat, modern capital and historic city: a shared heritage |
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for Morocco are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
2008 - Moussem of Tan-Tan | |
2008 - Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | |
2010 - Mediterranean diet | |
2012 - Cherry festival in Sefrou | |
2012 - Falconry, a living human heritage |