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A Moroccon ksar like Ait Benhaddou is a fortified town...

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...containing easily defensible kasbahs like this...

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...with high walls and small, impenetrable windows.

Pictures: the distant ksar of Ait Benhaddou, an Islamic fortress town with high walls. This location - between the
Sahara and Marrakesh - was used for films such as Alexander, Gladiator, The Mummy, The Sheltering Sky,
The Last Temptation of Christ, The Living Daylights and Lawrence of Arabia. Ait Benhaddou is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site; a mud walled village; inside a kasbah, a fortified house or village with high walls and small windows.

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