Abstract EN:

This work attempts to answer a problematic of historical and land use planning. Social groups of various ethnic origins have settled in the Zerhoun massif in Morocco, on different periods. It is attested on the local substratum that before the arrival of Islam, flows of Berbers Arabs and Andalusian have succeeded. The site of Zerhoun, played since antiquity, a leitmotif role in the political and social history of ancient Morocco, whose Volubilis was the capital or the largest city of Mauretania Tingitana, and it continued to play its role after the Islamization of the country. With an antediluvian history, the Zerhoun massif benefits of a rich and varied landscape; composed of archaeological, urban and architectural heritage characterizing the transition between the different antagonisms that marked the power seizure in Morocco. However, this heritage is at the mercy of an accelerated degradation process. It is attempted at this work to propose many approaches for the rehabilitation and management of the architectural heritage, and the urban and the landscape of Zerhoun, which is part of a global strategy of integrated development. The study of cultural landscapes, in particular those recognized as associative and scalable, incites us to seek the possibilities of an active rehabilitation. Thereby, this work is part of a cross disciplinary approach that associates History and land use planning.