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Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, Ounila Valley, Morocco
Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, earthen fortified city, Ounila valley, Ouarzazate province, Morocco. The ksar is a group of earthen houses surrounded by high defensive walls with corner towers, in traditional pre-Saharan style. The village stands above the Oued Marghen river in the High Atlas and was a stop on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marrakech. It was founded in the 17th century and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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AR9184670
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Image
Purpose
Public
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5616px × 3630px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
AFRICA
African
Afternoon
Ait Ben Haddou
Ait Benhaddou
Ait-Ben-Haddou
ARCHITECTURAL
Architecture
Ath Benhadu
Atlas mountains
building
caravan route
color
CULTURE
DAY
Defense
DEFENSIVE
DOWN
dramatic
earthen
Entrance
Exterior
Facade
Fortification
FORTIFIED
HERITAGE
high angle view
High Atlas
History
HORIZONTAL
House
IMAGE
kasbah
ksar
ksour
LATE
looking down
MC
Moroccan
Morocco
mountaineous
MOUNTAINS
NORTH AFRICA
NORTH AFRICAN
OUARZAZATE
Ouarzazate province
Oued Marghen
Ounila valley
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
PALM
palm grove
Palm Tree
Photograph
pre-Saharan
Qasbah
qassabah
River
SCENIC
Souss-Massa-Draa
Southern Moroccan
Southern Morocco
stepping stones
SUNNY
Sunset
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Tower
Travel
UNESCO
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
View from above
view from the top
Village