Located on the Atlantic coast, Rabat is the political and administrative capital of Morocco, and the second largest city in the kingdom. An imperial city listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 2013, it was founded in the 12th century by the great Almohad sultan “Abd al Moumen”, whose ribat (a religious and military camp including a citadel and immense ramparts) was nothing less than the starting point of Arab incursions into Spain: from then on, the Muslims settled in Andalusia brought about the golden age of the city by giving it a leading commercial and artisanal role. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, it was only to a small town of 25,000 inhabitants that Marshal Lyautey entrusted the status of political and administrative capital of the French protectorate.