Volubilis
Volubilis is a partly excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco, situated near the city of Meknes, that may have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania, at least from the time of King Juba II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capitolium of Volubilis.
Capitolium of Volubilis
Archaeological site
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Capitolium of Volubilis is an archaeological site, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Volubilis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moulay Idriss and Ain Karma.
Moulay Idriss
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Moulay Idriss or Moulay Idriss Zerhoun is located north of Meknes and is considered the holiest city of Morocco.
Ain Karma
Village
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Ain Karma is a small town and rural commune in Meknès Prefecture of the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 9738 people living in 1674 households. Ain Karma is situated 9 km southwest of Volubilis.
Volubilis
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Morocco
- Categories: Carthaginian archaeological site, ancient city, Roman archaeological site, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Meknès Prefecture, Fez-Meknes, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.07345° or 34° 4′ 24″ northLongitude
-5.55524° or 5° 33′ 19″ westElevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)Open location code
8C6P3CFV+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 175612028OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2526544Wikidata ID
Q391215
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Welsh—“Volubilis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Οὐολουβιλίς”
- Arabic: “قصر فرعون”
- Arabic: “وليلة”
- Arabic: “وليلي”
- Asturian: “Volubilis”
- Azerbaijani: “Volyubilis”
- Bashkir: “Волюбилис”
- Basque: “Volubilis”
- Bulgarian: “Волубилис”
- Catalan: “Volubilis”
- Catalan: “Volúbilis”
- Catalan: “Walila”
- Catalan: “Walili”
- Chinese: “沃吕比利斯”
- Chinese: “瓦卢比利斯”
- Croatian: “Volubilis”
- Czech: “Volubilis”
- Danish: “Volubilis”
- Dutch: “Volubilis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وليلى”
- Esperanto: “Volubilis”
- Finnish: “Volubilis”
- French: “Oualili”
- French: “Oulila”
- French: “Oulili”
- French: “site archéologique de Volubilis”
- French: “Site archéologique de Volubilis”
- French: “Volubilis”
- Georgian: “ვოლიუბილისი”
- German: “Volubilis”
- Greek: “Βολούμπιλις”
- Hebrew: “וולוביליס”
- Hebrew: “ווליביליס”
- Hungarian: “Volubilis”
- Indonesian: “Volubilis”
- Irish: “Volubilis”
- Italian: “Qsar Fir’awn”
- Italian: “Volubilis”
- Japanese: “ヴォルビリス”
- Japanese: “ヴォルビリスの考古学遺跡”
- Korean: “볼루빌리스”
- Lithuanian: “Volubilis”
- Macedonian: “Волубилис”
- Maithili: “भोलुबिलिस”
- Maltese: “Volubilis”
- Moroccan Arabic: “وليلي”
- Nepali: “भोलुबिलिस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volubilis”
- Norwegian: “Volubilis”
- Persian: “ولیلی”
- Polish: “Volubilis”
- Portuguese: “Sítio Arqueológico de Volubilis”
- Portuguese: “Volubilis”
- Romanian: “Volubilis”
- Russian: “Волубилис”
- Russian: “Волюбилис”
- Serbian: “Волубилис”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Volubilis”
- Slovenian: “Volubilis”
- Spanish: “Volubilis”
- Spanish: “Volúbilis”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵡⴰⵍⵉⵍⵉ”
- Swedish: “Volubilis”
- Tachelhit: “Walili”
- Tachelhit: “ⵡⴰⵍⵉⵍⵉ”
- Turkish: “Volubilis”
- Ukrainian: “Волюбіліс”
- Urdu: “ولیلی”
- Vietnamese: “Volubilis”
- Welsh: “Volubilis”
- “Volubilis”
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