Tunisia,Matmata. Converted from one of the town's celebrated troglodyte pit-homes,the Sidi Driss Hotel still retains parts of the Star Wars film sets.
Introductory Offer
Save 50% when you join our email list
-
Web Resolution
550×357px
7.6×5.0in 72ppi
-
Low Resolution
1050×683px
14.6×9.5in 72ppi
-
Medium Resolution
2323×1512px
7.7×5.0in 300ppi
-
High Resolution
5621×3659px
18.7×12.2in 300ppi
* Final price based on usage, not file size.
Related Keywords
- 862-
- Africa
- African
- African (places and things)
- architecture
- AWL Images
- Berber (places and things)
- building
- color image
- color photography
- color picture
- destination
- film set
- fortress
- historical
- hotel
- image
- lodge
- Medenine
- Mediterranean
- North Africa
- Northenmost
- photograph
- photography
- picture
- stock photograph
- stock picture
- tourism
- tourist attraction
- traditional
- troglodyte
- Tunisia
- Tunisian
- underground
- village
Related Images
-
Tunisia,Matmata. Converted from one of the town's celebrated troglodyte pit-homes,the Sidi Driss Hotel still retains parts of the Star Wars film sets.
-
Few troglodyte pit-homes are lived in today but some families retain a semblance of their traditional way of life. Tunisia,Matmata. Few troglodyte pit-homes are lived in today but some families retain a semblance of their traditional way of life.
-
Tunisia,Matmata. Few troglodyte pit-homes are lived in today but some families retain a semblance of their traditional way of life. Here a local woman grinds grain with a small hand mill.
-
Tunisia,Medenine. Once amongst the most important if the south's Berber market towns,Medenine's ksar,or fortified granary,was one of the largest and honey-combed with 8000-ghorfas,or storage cells,for grain and valuables. Only a few are still used today.
-
Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. This restored ksar,or fortified granary,is amongst Tunisia's finest examples of this type of architecture. Hundreds of ghorfas,or storage cells,traditionally faced with palm wood doors enclose the main courtyard.
-
Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. This restored ksar,or fortified granary,is amongst Tunisia's finest examples of this type of architecture. Hundreds of ghorfas,or storage cells,are reached by protruding steps.
-
Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. This restored ksar,or fortified granary,is amongst Tunisia's finest examples of this type of architecture. Hundreds of ghorfas,or storage cells,traditionally faced with palm wood doors enclose a pair of courtyards.
-
Tunisia,Jebel Haouaia. One of the guardians of the village ksar,or fortified granary,sits with his pet hawk in the entrance. Parts of the ksar were used as a basic hotel following it's appearance in the Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace .
More Related Images
- Tunisia,Medenine. Once amongst the most important of the south's Berber market towns,Medenine's ksar,or fortified granary,was one of the largest and honey-combed with 8000 ghorfas,or storage cells,for grain and valuables. A few serve today as curio shops for tourists.
- Tunisia,Medenine. Once amongst the most important of the south's Berber market towns,Medenine's ksar,or fortified granary,was one of the largest and honey-combed with 8000 ghorfas,or storage cells,for grain and valuables.
- Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. A local man rests by the main entrance to the now little-used ksar,or fortified granary at Ezzahra.
- Tunisia. A fine example of a ksar,or fortified granary,showing its barrel vaulted roofs,blank walls and central courtyard. Abandoned in 1973,some basic restoration work has ensured the ksar's immediate survival.
- Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. This restored ksar,or fortified granary,is amongst Tunisia's finest examples of this type of architecture. Hundreds of ghorfas,or storage cells,traditionally faced with palm wood doors.
- Tunisia,Guermessa. The ancient and now much ruined Berber village of Guermessa stands testament to a now faded way of life. Built on a barren spur of the Jebel Haouaia,it was once topped by a small hill-top fortress.
- Tunisia,Tunis,Sidi Bou Said. A decorative doorway of a private house. This exceptionally well preserved town has become a weekend retreat for wealthy Tunisians and has its origins in the tomb and zaouia,or seminary,of a 13th century holy man.
- The Old Berber Village of Chenini, Matmata, Tozeur and Tataouine, Tunisia