Rabat

  • Rabat is a port and capital city of Morocco. Old Rabat, called Chellah, contains the Ruins of the Roman city of Sala Colonia.
  • Sala Colonia was in the Province of Mauretania Tingitana and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Roman Sites

  • Sala Colonia
    • The Ruins of Sala Colonia also has a 13th century CE Minaret and is the home to a flock of Storks.
    • Foundations of a three bay Triumphal Arch (139-161 CE)
    • Capitolium of Sala (c.120 CE on two terraces)
      • supported by nine vaulted arches on the decumanus maximus.
    • Decumanus maximus
    • Forum (Trajan 98-118 CE)
      • with honorary inscriptions to the Emperors and city notables
      • lower level with six shops and another road
      • foundations of two monumental gates enclosing the square
      • Capital with lotus flower design
    • Mosaic in the workshop area
    • Ruins of the Basilica and the Curia Ulpia
    • Ruins of the Public Baths
      • corner of the decumanus maximus and the cardo maximus
    • Octagonal Nympaeum
      • this was a Cistern fed by an Aqueduct

Museums

  • Museum of History and Civilisations
    • Located at Rue El Brihi, Rabat.
    • The museum holds an extensive collection of the archeological Finds from Morocco, including busts of Cato the Younger from the House of Venus and another of Juba II, both from Volubilis.

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