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Medina of Fez

Cultural World Heritage property in Morocco, inscribed in 1981 under criteria (ii), (v).

Medina of Fez, Morocco
Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Morocco
Year of inscription
1981
Criteria
iiv
Area of property
280 ha
Location
Fez
What it is
medina quarter, urban area
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 170 · Wikidata Q2072102

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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