Rabat Rabat : (Arabic become Rrbaat Moroccan dialect) is the capital of Morocco and the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer. It is located along the Atlantic and on the left side or south of the mouth of Bouregreg, opposite the city of Salé, hence the fact that one and the other are sometimes called cities twins… World Heritage Since June 2012, a set of sites in the city of Rabat is on the World Heritage List of UNESCO as a cultural asset: the new town (built at the beginning of the French protectorate in Morocco), the kasbah oudayas the Test garden, the medina, the Almohad walls and doors, sites Chellah or Hassan mosque (the Hassan Tower is the minaret), the Mohammed V mausoleum and habous district Diour Jamaa . Climate The climate of the city is a Mediterranean climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool or cold and rainy, with minimum night may fall below 5 ° C or sometimes reach 0 ° C, and pleasant days around 17 ° C. Frosts are rare. The summers are hot but not sweltering (they are for a few days), with daytime highs above 30 ° C and nights almost always cool if hot, the humidity of the ocean air is clearly felt. Mainly in spring and summer, sometimes invites the Chergui, dry desert wind and blowing hot and is making suddenly raising the temperature from time to time above 40 ° C but rarely for more than three days successive, before returning to the ocean breeze from the west. The absolute record heat is 45 ° C. Transport The people of Rabat widely used network transport consists of buses run by the Stareo company managed by the prefecture and managed by Veolia - Transdev tram. The price of parking , very high, and the difficulty of finding a place and caps discourage car use . A railway double track electrified line connects the neighboring cities of Rabat Salé and Casablanca , it is borrowed for short trips by RER towards Temara Bouqnadel and Salé , while the majority of people who commute between Casablanca Rabat and borrow the TNR ( HSR shuttle ) which provides service in an hour with a frequency half- hour. Rabat has two stations: Rabat City in the borough Hassan Rabat- Agdal and the continuity of the inner city , the Agdal . People living in distant suburbs generally use their own vehicles to reach the urban network. Rabat Salé sharing with the International Airport Rabat - Salé with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers whose traffic reached 300,000 passengers in 2008 . Clubs and leisure centers Club Wifaq Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Royal Club Equestre du Lac Club Justice Public Works Club Riad Rabat club The Athletic Union of Railwaymen Morocco (USCM) Club Moulay Rachid the amusement park Magic Parck the rink and bowling Mega Mall Club agriculture Places to visit * The Medina : built in the seventeenth century to accommodate refugees from Andalusia , it is now known for its Mellah ( Jewish quarter ) , the covered souk Are Sebat in the street of the consuls, and all kinds of shops diversifiées31 ; * The Ibn Sina park: commonly called Hilton Park because of its proximity to the hotel of the same name , the park is the green lung of the town with pine plantations and eucalyptus32 ; * The Garden of Test in the middle of the city and divided into two by the Victory Avenue * The green belt of Rabat is protected between Rabat Temara wood. * Golf and palace Dar es Salaam : 45-hole golf which houses every year the prestigious international golf trophy Hassan- II33 ; * La Villa des Arts : small business hosting exhibitions. * The Archaeological Museum . * Mohammed V Avenue located in the heart of Rabat, along which lie the Parliament, as well as many cafes and shops. * The hotel Balima one of the oldest in the city, opposite the Parliament. * The Agdal district and major shopping hub of the city. * The new business and administrative center Hay Riad (especially Annakhil Avenue and Mahaj Riad) . * The Marina Bouregreg . * Ranges from Harhoura Skhirat . * The Mega mall: shopping center with an ice rink and a bowling alley and several international brands . * The Mawazine Festival held annually during the month of May and lasts a week ( it has attracted two million spectators in 2009) Monuments * The Kasbah Oudaïa : Ribat overlooking the mouth of the river Bouregreg where the museum Oudayas the Ribat originally designed became the shelter of National Museum of Jewelry; * Hassan Tower , the ruins of the mosque built by Yaqub al- Mansur , destroyed during the earthquake of Lisbon in 1755 and the mausoleum of Mohammed V: where the late King Mohammed V and his two son rests, the deceased king Hassan II and his younger brother Moulay Abdellah ; * The Necropolis of Chella : Built in 1339 , Chella was an ancient Phoenician agglomeration , Carthaginian and Roman ; * The monumental section of Avenue Mohammed V and the Sunna Mosque : The Mohammed V Avenue begins at the foot of the Sunna Mosque ending at Boulevard El Alou , after a journey of several miles through the city. * Saint Peters Cathedral : Located Square Golan , this building , always assigned to the Catholic faith , was fully completed in 1930 ; * Dar -al- Makhzen : the royal palace and the seat of government where work and reside more than 2000 people. Access to the palace by a vast esplanade , the Méchouar * Bab ar - Ruach and Avenue of the Royal Armed Forces ( FAR) : The most famous monumental gates Rabat means , according to some door winds , according to other back door . The Almohad period , as Bab Oudaïa impresses with its rich decoration. It was the only gateway to Rabat by land . * The old medina : Bordered to the north by the Bouregreg protected from the ocean to the west by the speaker of the Kasbah Oudaya walls, it is surrounded on the east by the Almohad walls , and on the south by the wall of the Andalusians between the new city of the ancient city.
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