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Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
| Site number: | 444 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | - | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1987 | |
| Location: | Africa, Morocco, Province de Ouarzazate | |
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| Description: | The ksar is a traditional pre-Saharan habitat composed of a cluster of earthen buildings encircled by high walls. The surrounding walls are reinforced by corner towers that look down upon the many houses. Ouarzazate province’s Ait-Ben-Haddou is a conspicuous illustration of southern Moroccan architecture. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Aït Benhaddou (Arabic: آيت بن حدّو) is a 'fortified city', or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. It is situated in Souss-Massa-Draâ on a hill along the Ouarzazate River and has some beautiful examples of kasbahs, which unfortunately get damaged each rainstorm. Most of the town's inhabitants now live in a more modern village at the other side of the river; ten families however still live within the ksar. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/444 | |
| Source2: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/444/video | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |