Chellah
The Chellah or Shalla is a medieval fortified necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south side of the Bou Regreg estuary.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Opening hours: 8:30 AM–6:30 PM
- Description: medieval fortified necropolis located in the metro area of Rabat
- Address: Rabat
- Also known as“Challa”“Chellah Necropolis”“Ruins of Chellah”“Shāllah”
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Places in the Area
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Kasbah of the Udayas
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3 km northwest of Chellah
Chellah
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Latitude
34.00637° or 34° 0′ 23″ north
Longitude
-6.82078° or 6° 49′ 15″ west
Open location code
8C6M254H+GM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Chellah” goes by many names.
شالةArabic
ShallaCatalan
Xal·làCatalan
切拉墓地Chinese
萨拉Chinese
薩拉Chinese
谢拉Chinese
ChellahCzech
ShallaCzech
ChellaDutch
ChellahDutch
Necropolis van ChellahDutch
SalaDutch
शेल्लाHindi
ChellahIndonesian
ChellaItalian
Necropoli di ChellaItalian
SalaItalian
サラ・コロニアJapanese
シェラJapanese
CalaKabyle
셸라Korean
ŠelaLithuanian
شالةMoroccan Arabic
ChellahPolish
Sala ColoniaPolish
SzallaPolish
SzellaPolish
ChellahRomanian
ШеллаRussian
ChellahSlovak
ChellahSlovenian
ⵛⴰⵍⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
ChellahSwedish
ŞellaTurkish
ШеллаUkrainian
شالہUrdu
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