Rabat City
Medina
Rabat city is capital of Morocco, sits on the mouth of River Bou Regreg. Originally it was a military town, founded in the 12th century. Bab Soufara (door of the Ambassadors) is a city gate on the north face in Rabat. It allows access to the méchouar from the city center. Rue des Consuls in the evening is a long pedestrian street leading from the fortified kasbah of the Oudayas to the center of the medina. Most of the medina still nestles inside the city walls and locals can buy almost everything without having to go outside.
After the decline of Almohad dynasty, the city lost its charm. In the 17th century, many Muslims from Spain came from Spain and settled in the city.
On the opposite side of the kasbah wall, a graveyard rests on a hill. It offers wonderful view of the Atlantic Ocean and city walls of the kasbah.
The Bab Rouah, it is also called the Gate of the Winds because it is constantly being battered by coastal winds. It gets it’s name from the fact that constant wind from this direction would hit the gate. It was constructed in the year 1197 by Yaacoub Al Mansour Al Mouahidi and is a major historical attraction in Rabat.
