Rich in its natural resources, the Doukkala region has, throughout the ages, aroused the covetousness of attackers. Its past is marked by various tumultuous events that have forged its history and that of the country. Monuments witnessing this past still stand as a challenge to the erosion of time and the imprudence of men. From Boulaouane to Tit, passing through the fortress of Lamjahdine, dozens of historical sites struggle to keep their former lustre and constitute a fertile site, unexploited for archaeological purposes. Other sites have disappeared, leaving behind them a pile of stones and earth and a devastated place, or names that only exist in the writings of a few historians.

The town of Gharbia, whose name is mentioned by Leo Africanus in the 16th century, is located in the south of Doukkala. Only the foundations of its wall remain. Information is scarce. According to historians, it was built by Arabs who came from the East during the Almohad era. It is a forgotten city like many others, such as Tighaline, Ayir, Adikis, Tagoulit, Tarter.

The Kasbah of Boulaouane was built during the reign of Moulay Ismail in 1710. It still stands, proud of its glorious past on a high plateau, contemplating, in silence, the Oum Errabiâ valley at the edge of the hills that separate the Doukkala from the Rhamnas. This location reinforces the military role it once played in order to consolidate the union and quell rebellions. It is, according to researchers, the most prestigious of the 76 fortresses built by the monarch and, yet, it is left to abandonment and looting. Its restoration was announced by the governor six months ago, but nothing since then. A hollow promise?

The Ribat of Tit, with its fortified walls, towers, and ramparts, was built to defend the coastline against Portuguese invaders in the 16th century, playing a role in the stability of the region. However, defeated, the inhabitants of Tit found themselves forced to pay taxes to the coloniser. Around 1520, the Wattasid sultan Mohamed drove the invaders out of the city and decided to demolish it so that it would no longer arouse the covetousness of the occupiers, its inhabitants having deserted it. Thus began the fall of Tit. It was not until the arrival of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah that homage was paid to the citadel. He tried to restore its image in vain. What we keep from this glorious past is a moussem celebrated every year in memory of the great mujahid Abdellah, whose name Tit bears, and vestiges that tell the story of these men. The wall is deteriorating, the cut stones that constitute it are being looted. The president of the commune of Moulay Abdellah declared in July 2010 that the call for tenders relating to the restoration of this wall had been awarded and that the work would start just after the administrative formalities. But since then, nothing concrete.

At the northern entrance to El Jadida is "Ribate Al Moujahidine". Despite its proximity to the motorway, it is barely visible because of the brushwood and the advanced state of disrepair of its walls, or at least what remains of them. Rubble of stones litters the ground, its foundations are disappearing under vegetation, and holes have been dug near the ramparts by seekers of lost treasures. This city was once a rear base for the army of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah during the siege of the city of Mazagan. He stayed in this Ribat between 1768 and 1769, the date of the Portuguese capitulation. This fort, whose historical interest is not to be demonstrated, awaits a miracle to be reborn from its ashes.