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Favorite thing: A Ksar is a Berber fortress, its plural is ksour. The Ksours were originally designed as grain stores with many rooms. These rooms were called ghorfas and were built in an arched style,. They could be as high as four storeys high with narrow and steep stairs outside the building. .
Fondest memory: Chenini is built on the highest point in the area. It's now abandoned but during the Arab invasion people used to inhabit the grain stores as protection.
Written Sep 8, 2002
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A Ksar is a Berber fortress, its plural is ksour. The Ksours were originally designed as grain stores with many rooms. These rooms were called ghorfas and were...
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