The Kasbah Of Aït Benhaddou

The Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou

Moroc-The Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, is a 'fortified city', or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. is a term describing a Berber village consisting of generally attached houses, often having collective granaries and other structures (mosque, bath, oven, shops) widespread among the oasis populations of the Maghreb (northern Africa.) Ksars are sometimes situated in mountain locations to make defense easier; they often are entirely within a single, continuous wall. The building material of the entire structure is normally adobe, or cut stone and adobe. The idea of the ksar as a granary is a confused notion of two things, the granary itself, found within a ksar, and the ksar, which is a village, normally with granaries within it. Ksars form one the main manifestations of Berber architecture.