Volubilis
Panorama of Volubilis, Morocco, pictured on December 25, 2009. To the left is the Basilica and the Triumphal Arch dominates the right side of the image. Around the city fertile plains providing agriculural produce stretch towards the mountains. Volubilis, founded in the 3rd century BC was an important city in the Western part of Roman North Africa. The Romans abandoned it in the 3rd century AD. Excavations were started by the French in 1915, and it became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13447309
Media ID
45155475
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20998px x 4695px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
