Aït Benhaddou

Aït Benhaddou (Berber: Ath Benhadu, ) 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 sustain damages during each rainstorm. Most of the town's inhabitants now live in a more modern village at the other side of the river; however, ten families still live within the ksar.

Aït Benhaddou has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and several films have been shot there, including;

• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• The Man Who Would Be King (film) (1975)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• The Sheltering Sky (1990)
• Kundun (1997)
• The Mummy (1999)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Alexander (2004)

External links

• Aït Benhaddou on theculturedtraveler.com
• Interactive 360° panorama of Ait Benhaddou (Java, 0,9 MB)
• Photography of Ait Benhaddou by Antony Marsh

References

1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites list: whc.unesco.org/en/list/444

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