Imperial Cities

With such a stormy history , Morocco has evolved four imperial cities which, at various times, under succeeding rulers, the Idrissid, Almoravid, Almohad, Merinid, Saadian, and the present Alaouite Dynasty, were capitals of an empire that stretched to equatorial Africa.

These are the present capital, Rabat, Meknes, Fez and Marrakesh, the fabled rose pink city beneath the Atlas. In each of the four the King has a royal palace.