The Mauritanian capital, founded in the third century BC, became a vital outpost of the Roman Empire and was endowed with many charming buildings. Many remains of those of the archaeological site, located in a fertile agricultural area. Later, Volubilis became breve. la capital of Idris I, founder of the Idrisside dynasty, buried near Moulay Idris.
The capital of Mauritania, founded in the third century BC, a vital outpost of the Roman Empire and adorned with many charming monuments. Important remains remain at the archaeological site, located in a fertile agricultural region. The city that would later become, for a brief period, the capital of Idriss Ier, founder of the Idrisid dynasty, is buried not far away, in Moulay Idriss.
有着许多优雅精致的建筑物. 迹 和文物。 瓦卢比利斯后来曾有一段时期成了伊德里斯王朝的首都，王朝的创立 者伊德里斯一世就葬在附近的穆莱伊德里斯.
Волюбилис – столица Мавритании, основанная в III в. до н. e. , – стал важным форпостом Римской империи и был украшен многими прекрасн ыми зданиями. These known ruins in the archaeological domain are located in the most remote domains. Позднее ВолюбиLIS ненадолго стал столицей Идриса I Get to know the Idrisidov dynasty, which is located in the Mulaj-Idris space.
Founded in the third century BC, the city of Volubilis, capital of Mauritania Tingitana, was a military outpost of the Roman Empire in which multiple monuments of great beauty were erected. The archaeological site, located in a fertile agricultural region of Los Angeles, preserves is vestiges of many of them. The city would later be the short-lived capital of Idris I, founder of the angel dynasty of the Idrisids, who is buried in the nearby place of Muley Idris.
De archeologische omgeving van Volubilis vormt een grote getuigenis van stedelijke ontwikkeling y romanising aan de grenzen van het Romeinse Rijk. The Mauritanian stadium built in the third century for Christus. Mooie Gebouwen. Volubilis werd plus tard kort de hoofdstad onder het regime van Idris I, stichter van de Idrisid dynastie en begraven in het nabijgelegen Moulay IdrisArrayDe archeologische overblijfselen getuigen van verschillende beschavingen uit de tien eeuwen van bezetting, van de prehistorie tot de islamitische periode .
Brief summary
Volubilis contained the necessarily Roman remains of a fortified municipality built on a fortified site at the foot of the Jebel Zerhoun. Its domain reaches 42 hectares. It has exceptional importance because it shows the urban progression and Romanization on the borders of the Roman Empire and the graphic representation of the interface between Roman and indigenous cultures. Because of its isolation and the fact that it was not occupied for almost a thousand years, it has a significant point of authenticity. It is one of the richest sites of this time in North Africa, not only for its remains but also for the wonderful richness of its epigraphic data.
The archaeological remains of this site bear witness to various civilizations. All the stages of an occupation of ten centuries are constituted, from prehistory to the Islamic era. The site has provided abundant artistic documentation that includes mosaics, marble and bronze statues, and a multitude of inscriptions. These documents and those that still remain to be discovered constitute a sample of the artistic spirit of the men who occupied the place throughout the centuries. The perimeter of the site is materialized through the Roman component incorporated in 168-169 of our era. The physiognomy of the site shows two topographical forms: a relatively flat and inclined domain made up of the northeastern quarter, the monumental sector and component of the triumphal arch sector, where the Romans implemented an orthogonal hipodamic urbanism, and a rugged domain. constituted through the south and west neighborhoods where they followed a pattern of terraces. The remains testify to various eras, namely the Mauritanian era when the city was part of an independent kingdom, the Roman era when it was a city of the Roman province of Mauritania Tingitane, an era nicknamed “dark centuries” with at the end a Christian phase and, after all, an Islamic era characterized by the status quo of the Idrisid dynasty.
Criterion (ii): The archaeological ensemble of Volubilis is a remarkable example of a city that testifies to an exchange of influences from High Antiquity to the arrival of Islam. These exchanges intersected in an urban domain corresponding to the perimeter of the Array and in a prolonged rural domain. between the pre-Riffian walks of the Zerhoun and the plain of Gharb. These influences attest to Mediterranean, Libyan and Moorish, Punic, Roman and Arab-Islamic cultures, as well as African and Christian cultures. They are reflected in the urban evolution of the city, the modes of structure and architectural decoration, and the creation of landscapes.
Criterion (iii): This is a remarkable example of an archaeological and architectural ensemble and cultural landscape that bears witness to several cultures (Libyan-Berber and Mauritanian, Roman, Christian and Arab-Islamic), several of which have disappeared.
Criterion (iv): The archaeological site of Volubilis is a remarkable example of a hotbed of other immigration bureaucracies, cultural traditions and extinct cultures (Libyan-Berber and Mauritanian, Roman, Christian and Arab-Islamic) from High Antiquity to the arrival of Islam. .
Criterion (vi): The archaeological site of Volubilis is full of history, events, ideas, ideals and artistic works of universal importance, adding as a position that housed for a brief era the capital of the Muslim dynasty of the Idrisids. Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, very close by, is the tomb of this founder, which is the subject of an annual pilgrimage.
Integrity
The buffer zone (Decision 32 COM 8B. 55) and the buffer barriers (Decision 32 COM 8D) were clarified and regulated through the World Heritage Committee in 2008. The heritage barriers come with all the preserved elements that belonged to the walled enclosure. city and its exterior buildings.
The abandonment of the city for centuries has guaranteed its ruins the perfect conditions of conservation. The latter will be subject to long-term conservation programmes to maintain their authenticity.
Authenticity
Volubilis stands out for its urban design (hypodamic plane and terrace plan), its execution according to well-defined architectural and defensive standards, its constructive fabrics with geological facies, its parts that relate a great wealth of urban equipment, all attributes still visible. It is also characterized by its integration into an intact herbaceous landscape and an original cultural environment.
Protection and control needs.
Protection measures are necessarily governed by the legislation on the classification of monuments and historical sites, namely Law 22-80 (1981) on the conservation of Moroccan heritage. The control of the site is based on an action plan based on a domestic and foreign legal framework. framework as well as in the strategy of the Ministry of Culture and the decisions of the World Heritage Committee. This control covers conservation, preventive conservation, excavation, maintenance, security, restoration, enhancement of the site and preservation of its coverage area. The plan is being developed through Volubilis Site Conservation, which is responsible for controlling the site. The adoption of the coverage area, the status quo of the land name of the property, the preparation of the cadastral plan and the progression assignment are ready. through the Ministry of Culture, constituting the fundamental elements of this document. The control plan will deserve to cope with all new interventions on site.
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