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The Rabat Zoo (officially called the Zoological Garden of Rabat) was opened in 1973, in part to house the lions that were previously kept at the Royal Palace.[74]143 The lions are descended from the now-extinct Barbary lions.[75][76]144 Since then the zoo has expanded to house some 1800 animals and has engaged in conservation efforts.[77]145

The Bank al-Maghrib Museum was inaugurated in 2002 and is housed at the Bank al-Maghrib building downtown.146 Its main exhibits include a collection of coins and currency from ancient times to the modern era, as well as a gallery of Orientialist art.[78][79]147 The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art was inaugurated in 2014.[80]148

Historic monuments

The Kasbah of the Udayas (also spelled "Kasbah of the Oudaias") is the oldest part of the present-day city, built by the Almohads in the 12th century.149 It was later refortified and expanded by the corsairs and the 'Alawi dynasty in the 17th and 18th centuries.[23][19][22][81]150 The kasbah is now a residential district with traditional houses painted white and blue on the outside.151 Its southern section includes the "Andalusian Garden", landscaped in the 20th century.[23][82][83]152

The city's historic walls were first built by the Almohad caliph Ya'qub al-Mansur and completed in 1197, with later additions in the 17th and 19th centuries.[26][23]153 A number of monumental gates are found along the walls, the most notable being Bab er-Rouah.154 The other Almohad-era gates are Bab el-Had, Bab al-Alou, Bab Zaers, and Bab al-Hadid, though many of them were modified in more recent periods.[23]155 The 17th-century Andalusian Wall, which divides the zone inside the Almohad walls, has five more gates: Bab Jdid (formerly Bab Teben, mostly demolished), Bab al-Bouiba, Bab Chellah, Bab Mellah, and Bab Diouana.[23]156

The old medina, located below the kasbah and above the line of the Andalusian Wall, contains many historic mosques and traditional houses.157 The rest of the area within the Almohad walls but south of the Andalusian Wall was largely built up in the 20th century when Rabat became the capital during the French Protectorate.[29]158 These districts contain numerous public buildings and apartment blocs built in contemporary styles of that period, such as neo-Moorish (known as néo-Mauresque or arabisant in French), Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern architecture.[81]159 Examples of these include the Bank al-Maghrib building (built in the 1920s), the Central Post Office building (circa 1921, expanded in 1930s), the Parliament building (built in the 1920s), St.-Peter's Cathedral (inaugurated in 1921, with later additions), the Rabat-Ville train station (early 1920s), and some of the apartment blocs on Rue Gaza (built or begun in the 1930s), among others.[81][84][85][29][86]160

Overlooking the shores of the river is the Hassan Tower, a monumental unfinished minaret constructed by Ya'qub al-Mansur in the late 12th century.161 It was built for an enormous mosque planned as part of the larger city al-Mansur was constructing.162 Across from the tower today, at the southern end of the mosque's remains, is the Mausoleum of Mohammed V (d. 1961), which houses the remains of King Mohammed V and King Hassan II.163 The mausoleum, completed in 1971, was designed in a neo-Moorish or Moroccan revivalist style by Vietnamese architect Cong Vo Toan.[87][88]164

A short distance south of the historic city walls is the archeological site of Chellah, a walled enclosure containing a 13th to 14th-century Marinid funerary and religious complex as well as the ruins of the Roman city of Sala Colonia.[23]165 Across the river is the city of Salé, which also preserves a historic medina.166 The medina of Salé includes monuments from the Marinid period such as Bab Mrissa and the Madrasa of Abu al-Hasan as well as landmarks from later periods.[89]167

Education

Colleges and universities

Public:168

Private:172

Transport

Air

Rabat's main airport is Rabat–Salé Airport.174

Trains

Rabat is served by two principal railway stations (Rabat-Agdal and Rabat Ville), and a local station Rabat Riad located in the Hay Riad district, inaugurated in late 2025[93] run by the national rail service ONCF.175

Rabat-Ville and Rabat Agdal are the two main inter-city stations, from which trains run south to Casablanca, Marrakesh and El Jadida, north to Tangier, or east to Meknes, Fez, Taza and Oujda.176

ONCF operates the Le Bouregreg urban rail for Rabat-Salé agglomeration.177 Marrakesh is a 4 hr journey, Fez 2 hr on an express train and 3 hr on other trains and Casablanca 1 hr.[94]178

Tram

The Rabat–Salé tramway was the first tramway network in Morocco and connects Rabat with Salé across the river.179 It was opened on 11 May 2011 after a construction cost of 3.6 billion MAD.[95][96]180 The network was constructed by Alstom Citadis and is operated by Transdev.[97][98]181 As of February 2022, the network had two lines with a total length of 26.9 km and 43 stations.[96][99]182 In 2023, an extension of the network was being planned and is due to be completed by 2028.[95]183

City buses

After some years of neglect as investment was directed at the tramway, the existing operator, STAREO, was displaced in 2019.184 A contract was awarded to Alsa-City Bus, a joint venture between Moroccan company City Bus and Spanish company Alsa, a subsidiary of the Mobico Group.185 The new operator took over in July 2019 with a commitment to three hundred and fifty new buses.186 These will comprise 102 Mercedes-Benz and 248 Scania vehicles.187 The contract covers a 15-year period, renewable for seven years, and promises approximately 10 billion MAD investment into the bus transport system in the region.[100]188

Regional Express Network

The national rail operator ONCF initiated construction on a Regional Express Network (RER) to enhance urban mobility across the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region.[101][102]189 The line covers a 54 km corridor connecting Kenitra to Skhirat, with stops in Salé, Rabat and Temara across 12 stations.[103]190 The complete journey along the line will take approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes, operating at 15 minute intervals.[103] with completion targeted ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[104]191

Sport

Rabat hosted the 2019 African Games after Malabo, Equatorial Guinea corpus was stripped of hosting due to economic matters.192 It was the first time the African Games were hosted by Morocco.[105]193 It is one of the host cities for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[106]194

Football

The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الأمير مولاي عبد لله) is a multi-purpose stadium.195 The new venue as of 2025 replaced the original Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium on the same site.196 The first stadium was built in 1983 and was the home ground of ASFAR (football club) and was mostly used for football matches, and it can also stage athletics competitions.197 The 1983 stadium held 52,000 spectators,[107] whilst the new stadium has a seating capacity of 67,800 and will be used as a multi-purpose venue to host cultural events as well as sports.[108]198 Since 2008, the 1983 stadium hosted the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat.[109]199 It is named after Prince Moulay Abdellah of Morocco.200

Other football stadiums in the city include: Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Al Medina Stadium and Rabat Olympic Stadium.201

Rabat's most popular sport club is the association football clubs AS FAR and FUS de Rabat.202 Well known in the continental competitions.203 AS FAR have won 2 major African titles, including 1 CAF Champions League and 1 CAF Confederation Cup.[110][111]204 While Fus de Rabat has only managed to win one major African title, 1 CAF Confederation Cup.[112]205

The local football teams are:206

Basketball

The local basketball teams are:214

Handball

Volleyball

Notable people

Politicians:225

Scientists, writers and philosophers:235

Artists:246

Sports:257

Royal descendants:270

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Morocco

Rabat is twinned with:[113]274

Bibliography

See also: Timeline of Rabat § Bibliography

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