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Catalogue of the Oasis Museum, hall 20:
Kasbahs and Ksars
All the traditional architecture of presaharic valleys is based on the
principal of fortification.
The Ksar is a village surrounded by walls with some watchtowers at different
points and one or several huge entrances. Inside there are houses, a mosque, a place for celebrations and sometimes an inn.
The Kasbah is a building with several floors and watchtowers at the four
corners and sometimes —not always— a central courtyard. Kasbahs are usually isolated, but one can also find them inside a
Ksar.
Nowadays, both are being gradually substituted by new dwellings made of
reinforced concrete.
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Distribution of the Kasbahs and the Ksars in the South Atlas oasis:
Kasbahs:
Kasbah Ait Abou (Skoura)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998.
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Kasbah Ait Ouzza (Dadès)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998
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Kasbah Ait Kassi (Dadès)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 2000
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Kasbah Ou Rahma (Imiter)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 2000
Kasbah Ait Hdach in Tazzarine
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1994
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Kasbah Ali Dani, Ait Zilal (Todra)
Ceramics mock-up, made by El Housseine n’Ait El Habib |
Kasbah Ideriren, Sidi Flah (Dadès), s. XIX
Kasbah del Cheikh Bassou Ou Ali, Tinerhir (Todra), 1945
Kasbah Ait Kassi (Dadès), 1950:
Ksars:
Ksar Tissergat (Drâa)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998
Ksar Ait Immas, Ifri (Ziz)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1999
Ksar Tamnougalt (Drâa)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1999
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Ksar El Hart n’Iaamine (Todra)
Ceramics mock-up, made by El Housseine n’Ait El Habib |
Ksar El Khorbat Oujdid (Ferkla)
1 – Monumental entrance
2 – Mosque
3 – Square to the celebrations
4 – House of the caid
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Ksar Tinerhir (Todra) |
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