Above: The 11th century ancient village of Ait Benhaddou, is a Ksar (fortified city) on the former caravan route from the Sahara Desert to Marrakech.
Now it is mostly uninhabited and used for tourists and film/TV production (currently Gladiator 2 is being filmed here). The homes and shops in the village have walls
made exclusively of clay, mud and straw, and almost entirely date from the 17th century and beyond.
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1 ancient mosque in Tabourahte, now used for apparently used for storage.
2 to 5 show shops in the more modern part of Ait Benhaddou, where most of the townspeople live.
6 to 8 show the ancient ksar of Ait Benhaddou.
9 to 11 show the view of Ait Benhaddou from the mostly dry Ounila River bed. The gates were made specifically for Lawrence of Arabia back in the 1960's, and
have been used for others like Game of Thrones and the Oscar winning Gladiator.
12 shows a farmer digging trenches to help the water that is flowing go where the field needs it.
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