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sachara Says: The buildings in old al-Qasr are made of mud. This mud-architecture with the nice organic forms looks wonderfull and gives the town its medieval atmosphere. The mosque of old al-Qasr with its sculptural form looks beautifull.
sachara Says: In Al-Qasr in the Dakhla Oasis it is nice to walk through the labyrinth of streets of the old town. The place has a medieval atmosphere and reminds how other oasis towns must have been in ancient times.It can be very hot, but in the shade of the narrow and covered streets it...
sachara Says: The old town in mud-brick architecture has retained much of its medieval character. The narrow covered streets retain cool in the hot summer and protect the inhabitants against sandstorms. Some 700 people live in the old town, in former times some 4500. Nowadays newcomers...
sachara Says: The ancient town Al-Qasr has a few entrances to old houses that go back to Ottoman and Mamluk times. Some houses are marked by lintels, acacia beams above the door carved with the names of the carpenter, the owner of the house and a verse of the Quran.There are 54 lintels in...
sachara Says: Al-Qasr was built on Roman foundations. Despite the remoteness of the oases in the Western Desert, they have a rich history. Recent research has unearthed a wealth of prehistoric artefacts. On the dawn of human history this area wasallready inhabited. In late pharaonic and...
sachara Says: Al Qasr is one of the highlihgts of the Western Desert. This medieval town in the Dakhla Oasis is situated at the foot of high lime-stone cliffs and built in a way to keep sandstorms and invaders out.The mud architecture of the town has retained much of its medieval...
Helpfulness
When we left the old city, two local girls waited for us in the mainstreet with their trade.
They had a lot of local baskets. slicers and bags for sale. They told us the baskets and other objects were made of palmleaves from the oasis.
What to buy: Local craft, as baskets, slicers and bags made of natural materials of the oasis.
Updated Aug 14, 2003
Helpfulness
As everywhere in the muslim world, you see also in Al-Qasr houses with decorations, referring to the haj journey to Mecca.
The decoration tells something about the journey. The owner of this house went by plane.
Updated Aug 14, 2003
sachara Says: The kids in Al-Qasr were very curious about the strange visitors in their home-town.They came out their houses, liked to chat, but were also very shy in the beginning.
Arita Baaijens ''een regen van eeuwig vuur''
sachara Says: The first time I learned more about the western oases and desert, was, when I read the book of Arita Baaijens written in 1993. Arita Baaijens, a dutch female writer, is fascinated by the elusive beauty of the desert. She bought her own camels and learned to survive in the...
Map of the Oases in the Western Desert
sachara Says: The Dakhla Oasis is one of the five oases in the Western (or Libyan) Desert.You can reach Dakhla nowadays by tarred roads. From the north (from Cairo) you pass Bahariya Oasis and Farafra Oasis first. From the the east ( Asyut or Luxor) you pass Kharga Oasis first.Cairo-...
In the Western (or Libyan) Desert, stretching from the Nile into Libya and from the Mediterranean to Sudan, are the very isolated Western Oases like El Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya and in the far...
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