Resumen de Orchards in fortified Sala and the changing authenticity of thehistorical city
The medina of Salé or Sala is a historical and fortified city, on the Bu-Regreg River, on the Atlantic coast in Morocco. Medieval historians as leesane edeen ibnu al khateeb cited the beautiful orchards of Sala and its architecture. The city had an arsenal inside its historical walls and the Bu-Regreg River went through them. The medina of Sala had a port. Besides, its fortifications are of various styles. Up to the beginning of the twentieth century, it included orchards. These latest were important for its survival in insecure times and offered to the inhabitants of Sala a green space for wandering safely inside its walls. It was an important feature of the historical city. Today, these orchards disappeared and reinforced concrete buildings took their places. Green spaces are really important for today cities concepts. However, these concrete buildings are today historical. Then it is important to examine Sala’s authenticity before and after the 20th century. It is true that the question of authenticity evoluted so much in time nevertheless this is really important to understand the genuine attributes of Sala that has so much historical values. History showed that the city evoluted so much in time and has a great importance in Morocco’s history. Then examining the fortified city’s authenticity is important for its HIA so to make a statement of significance of the city evolution without orchards. Sala is a national landmark and it is really important because it is next to the capital Rabat that has a OUV of continuity. This induce that the management of Sala should take care of the evolution of its authenticity.
