Medina

Connected Sites: 16

A medina quarter is a distinct city section found in many North African cities. The medina is typically walled, contains many narrow and maze-like streets. The word "medina" itself simply means "city" or "town" in modern day Arabic. (wiki)

Connected Sites

  • Medina of Marrakesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.73
    334
    11
  • Medina of Sousse
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    153
    5
    "With the Medina of Monastir, it constitutes the unique prototype of military coastal architecture of the first centuries of Islam that has been passed down to us. Several monuments of the medina bear witness to this robust, ascetic and imposing architecture, notably the Ribat, the Great Mosque, the Bou Ftata Mosque, the Kasbah and the ramparts. " (OUV)
  • Medina of Tétouan
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.98
    110
    9
  • Medina of Tunis
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.05
    181
    3
    "The Medina of Tunis is an example of a human settlement that has conserved the integrity of its urban fabric with all its typo-morphological components. " (OUV)
  • Kairouan
    Kairouan
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.03
    146
    4
    Criterion (v): ..., the medina of Kairouan, whose skyline is punctuated by the minarets and the cupolas of its mosques and zawiyas, has preserved its network of winding streets and courtyard houses.
  • Medina Azahara
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.82
    150
    10
  • Djerba
    Djerba
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.77
    52
    5
    "residential neighbourhoods for Jewish communities (Hara Sghira and Hara Kbira); the latter echoed the typical dense and compact medinas of the cities of the Maghreb." (AB ev)
  • Medina of Fez
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.73
    260
    9
  • Granada
    Granada
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.39
    419
    12
    Albayzin Quarter, Granada
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    67
    5
  • Rabat
    Rabat
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    211
    7
    "The Medina of Rabat is situated in the northern part of the property." (AB ev)
  • Medina of Essaouira
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.15
    182
    6
    "The Medina was built between the 18th century and the early 20th century. .. At ... Souk Jdid, there were four markets, for fish, spices, grain, and general goods respectively. " (AB ev)
  • Kasbah of Algiers
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.52
    55
    4
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    298
    11
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    76
    5
  • Ancient Ksour
    Ancient Ksour
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.05
    22
    3
    "the ancient homogenous form, characterized by dense occupation and the medina layout conforming with the topography, with narrow alleys and no public open spaces" (AB ev)