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Ksar Ouled Soltane is a fortified granary, or ksar, located in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. The ksar is spread out over two courtyards, each of which has a perimeter of multi-story vaulted granary cellars, or ghorfas. Like other ksour (plural of ksar) created by North African Berber communities, Ksar Ouled Soltane is located on a hilltop, to help protect it from raiding parties in previous centuries.

Ksar Haddada or Ksar Hadada is a Berber village of about 1,500 inhabitants in Tataouine Governorate in southern Tunisia. Quarrystones and clay built Ksar consisting superposed from a closed courtyard with two floors and vaulted storage chambers (ghorfas). The chambers were used as storerooms for stocks (cereals, oil, dried beans, lentils, dates, etc.) and other belongings kind (household and work tools, weapons) for the semi-nomadic (transhumance) families living situation.

Aït Benhaddou is an fortified village along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.

The Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou - a group of mud-brick houses surrounded by high walls - is a good example of a traditional living environment in the Pre-Saharan region south of the Atlas Mountains. The houses are close together within defensive walls reinforced by corner towers. Some houses are modest, others resemble small urban castles with tall corner towers and the upper parts decorated with motifs in brick. Located in Ouarzazate province, Aït-Ben-Haddou gives a good idea of earthen building techniques in pre-Saharan Africa. The oldest structures appear to be no earlier than the 17th century, although their structure and technique were used earlier in the valleys of southern Morocco.

Ksar Ouled Soltane is a fortified granary, or ksar, located in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. The ksar is spread out over two courtyards, each of which has a perimeter of multi-story vaulted granary cellars, or ghorfas. Like other ksour (plural of ksar) created by North African Berber communities, Ksar Ouled Soltane is located on a hilltop, to help protect it from raiding parties in previous centuries.

The Ksar Ouled Debbab is a village of about 1,000 inhabitants in the delegation Tataouine South in Tataouine Governorate in southern Tunisia. In the old town is one of the most impressive castles storage (ksour) of the country. Quarrystones and clay built Ksar consisting superposed from a closed courtyard with two floors and vaulted storage chambers (ghorfas). The chambers were used as storerooms for stocks (cereals, oil, dried beans, lentils, dates, etc.) and other belongings kind (household and work tools, weapons) for the semi-nomadic (transhumance) families living situation.

Ksar Ouled Soltane is a fortified granary, or ksar, located in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia.A now-abandoned Berber fortified town used to securely store food. The ksar is spread out over two courtyards, each of which has a perimeter of multi-story vaulted granary cellars, or ghorfas. Like other ksour created by North African Berber communities, Ksar Ouled Soltane is located on a hilltop, to help protect it from raiding parties in previous centuries.

The Ksar Ouled Debbab is a village of about 1,000 inhabitants in the delegation Tataouine South in Tataouine Governorate in southern Tunisia. In the old town is one of the most impressive castles storage (ksour) of the country. Quarrystones and clay built Ksar consisting superposed from a closed courtyard with two floors and vaulted storage chambers (ghorfas). The chambers were used as storerooms for stocks (cereals, oil, dried beans, lentils, dates, etc.) and other belongings kind (household and work tools, weapons) for the semi-nomadic (transhumance) families living situation.

"It is a mountain village located in Hakuba-mura,Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano.There is an irrigation canal with large-scale Tanada, and these are appointed to 100 selections of Japanese Tanada. In addition, the whole village is appointed in the important traditional buildings preservation district."

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