Circuit des Ksour, Hilltop villages & Ksar Gilane
September 20th 2004 A ksar (plural: ksour) is a kind of a fortified village. The main priority was to preserve and protect the grain crops produced in good seasons. Typical ksour in the Maghreb contains fortified granaries, bath, oven, shops,... Most of them have one continuous wall, also used for protection. On our trip through Tunisia, we visited lots of them.
We also saw some hilltop villages. They were built u
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