26/11/2009

UNESCO sights of interest: #3 Ksar-ain-ben-haddou



   This incredibly beautiful Berber jewel used to be a strategic settlement on the route that connects Marrakesh with Ouarzazate.  Its fortification (Ksar = fortified village) indicates the importance of this location in the past. Its beauty captivated the imagination of many Hollywood directors, who used this scenery in their movies

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