Located
on the Atlantic coast in north- western Morocco , Rabat is the result
of a fruitful dialogue between the Arab- Muslim past and Western
modernism. The
site includes the "new city" , designed and built under the French
Protectorate from 1912 to 1930 , including the royal residence of the
colonial administration , residential and commercial developments ,
garden Testing - Botanical and leisure .. there is also the oldest in the city sometimes back to the twelfth century parties. The
"new town " is one of the largest and most ambitious urban projects of
the twentieth century in Africa, probably the most complete. The
oldest parts are home to the Hassan Mosque ( construction began in 1184
) and the Almohad ramparts and gates , only remaining vestiges of a
large project capital city of the Almohad Caliphate . There are also the remains of the Moorish principality , or Andalusian seventeenth century
brief summary
Rabat bears witness to a capital city designed under the protectorate in the early twentieth century. The project is adapting modernist urbanism and architecture values in context of the Maghreb, while remaining in the frame of the old city and its many historical and heritage components . The result expresses the emergence of a clean original architectural and decorative style with contemporary Morocco .
Well preserved, the modern city was rationally designed , including neighborhoods and buildings with well-defined functions and important visual and architectural qualities. The modern city is characterized by the coherence of its public spaces and the implementation of ideas Hygienists (networks, role of vegetation , etc.). . The habitat is illustrated by neighborhoods to well-defined identity : medina and qasba , residential and middle classes of the modern city , and finally the neo- traditional neighborhood of Endowments Diour of Jamaa . The city incorporates within it a large sum of monumental , architectural and decorative different from previous dynasties. Rabat modern city embodies a precursor planning , concerned about the preservation of historical monuments and traditional habitat. The reappropriation of the past and its influence on architects and planners of the twentieth century produced an original and refined urban architectural synthesis , and decorative . The set offers a view shared by many great cultures of human heritage history : ancient, Islamic , Hispanic Maghreb , European .
Criterion ( ii): In its urban whole, its monuments and public spaces , the modern city of Rabat many respects the values of the previous Arab- Islamic heritage and builds . Exceptionally, it reflects the spread of European ideas of the early twentieth century , their adaptation in the Maghreb and in turn , influence on architecture and indigenous decorative arts.
Criterion ( iv): The city provides an outstanding example of modern urbanism and completed , for a capital city of the twentieth century by a functional territorial organization that assumes an integration of cultural values of the past within the modernist project . Synthesis decorative , architectural and landscape features , as well as the opposition play between past and present, offer a refined and unusual urban ensemble .
integrity
The
different dimensions of integrity are satisfactory : the balance
between urban modern city map and the preservation of its many previous
urban strata , the integrity of the habitat of its different
neighborhoods , integrity of archaeological sites , the fortifications of the Almohad properly stored , etc. . However, it is necessary to ensure the impact of major proposed work
outside the property, including the views of the property and the
Bouregreg from prominent site qasba .
authenticity
Many
individual elements included in the descriptions inventories and allow
to assert a significant level of authenticity of the components of the
property, including urban perceived authenticity . More broadly, the conditions of authenticity in urban and monumental terms are satisfactory. However, quantified data on individual authenticity of residential
buildings would usefully complement the already established inventory
process.
Elements required for the protection and management
Protective measures of urban complexes , monuments and archaeological sites are in place. For
its age, the law applied to the city of Rabat has made a fundamental
contribution to the history of conservation in both urban and
simultaneously ancient and modern together . The new provisions announced for a broader and protection of the urban
landscape of the urban property protection are being promulgated .
The
management structure is in place, it is coordinated by the new
overarching authority of the Foundation for the Protection of Cultural
Heritage in Rabat. It
relies on technically and scientifically National Heritage Board , as
well as various structures in charge of specific elements of the
property and services of the municipality and prefecture of Rabat. Many qualified personnel are assigned to the conservation and management of the property . All
regulatory and organizational arrangements and the estimated five-year
action program are summarized in the Management Plan .
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