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Chellah
Chellah

Chellah, also Shalla, is a medieval fortified Islamic necropolis located in Rabat, Morocco. The Phoenicians established a trading center at the site in the 1st millennium BC. Later the site became an ancient Roman colony in the province of Mauretania Tingitana. During the Almohad era the site was mostly abandoned and then rebuilt by the Marinids in the 13th century AD. The ruins of their medieval fortress are still extant. Chellah was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 as part of Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City a Shared Heritage.
Site Information
Country: Morocco
District: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Phoenician
Later Cultures: Raman + Islamic
Site Features: Islamic Monuments
World Heritage Site
Part of: Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City a Shared Heritage
Date of Inscription: 2012
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