Thursday, August 15, 2019

AIT-BEN-HADDOU -- Part 5

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN OURZAZATE PROVINCE MOROCCO


Architecturally, the living quarters form a compact grouping, closed and suspended.

The community areas of the ksar include a mosque, a public square, grain threshing areas outside the ramparts,.

It also features a fortification and a loft at the top of the village, an caravanserai, two cemeteries (Muslim and Jewish) and the Sanctuary of the Saint Sidi Ali or Amer. 

The Ksar of Ait- Ben-Haddou is a perfect synthesis of earthen architecture of the pre-Saharan regions of Morocco.

-UNESCO

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