Medina of Tetouan

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city medina old town

The Medina of Tetouan is a well-preserved historic old town in northern Morocco, renowned for its distinctive Andalusian-influenced architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Medina of Tetouan canonical 2
Medina of Tétouan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
medina ⓘ
old town ⓘ
architecturalStyle Andalusian architecture ⓘ
Moroccan architecture ⓘ
buildingMaterial whitewashed masonry ⓘ
contains funduqs ⓘ
markets ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
public squares ⓘ
traditional houses ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
culturalInfluence Andalusian ⓘ
Arab ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber
hasCityWall yes ⓘ
hasColorCharacteristic white facades ⓘ
hasFunction historic commercial center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
residential quarter ⓘ
hasGates yes ⓘ
heritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Andalusian-influenced architecture ⓘ
high degree of authenticity ⓘ
historic urban layout ⓘ
traditional craftsmanship ⓘ
well-preserved urban fabric ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Moroccan Arabic
locatedIn Tétouan ⓘ
surface form: Tetouan
locatedInRegion northern Morocco ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
partOf Tétouan ⓘ
surface form: city of Tetouan

historic cities of Morocco ⓘ
periodOfSignificance 15th century ⓘ
preservationStatus well-preserved ⓘ
rebuiltAfter Reconquista ⓘ
surface form: Reconquista in Spain
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
roofType tiled roofs ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCategory Cultural site ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1997 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOSiteId 837 ⓘ
urbanMorphology irregular street pattern ⓘ
narrow streets ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morocco → hasHeritageCity → Medina of Tetouan ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Medina of Tetouan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medina of Tétouan
Moroccan medina → example → Medina of Tetouan ⓘ