Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains,Tasguent (nr Tafraoute). The guardian of Tasguent agadir,an unusually well preserved fortified Berber granary,peers over a parapet.
Introductory Offer
Save 50% when you join our email list
-
Web Resolution
550×356px
7.6×4.9in 72ppi
-
Low Resolution
1053×681px
14.6×9.5in 72ppi
-
Medium Resolution
2332×1508px
7.8×5.0in 300ppi
-
High Resolution
5748×3716px
19.2×12.4in 300ppi
* Final price based on usage, not file size.
Related Keywords
- 862-
- adult
- Africa
- African
- African (places and things)
- Agadir
- AWL Images
- Berber (places and things)
- color image
- color photography
- color picture
- country
- fortification
- fortress
- granary
- guardian
- image
- local
- male
- man
- Morocco
- North Africa
- parapet
- parent
- photograph
- photography
- picture
- rural scene
- stock photograph
- stock picture
- Tasguent
- village
Related Images
- Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains,nr. Akka. A crumbling agadir,or fortified granary,tops a steep bluff overlooking Tadakoust village in the Anti-Atlas range. Built by the Berbers to safeguard their food stores and valuables,most such granaries are falling into disuse and dilapidation.
- Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains,Anammer (nr Igherm). A village boy stands in the main courtyard of Anammer’s agadir,or fortified granary. Built by the Berbers to safeguard their food stores and valuables,these granaries usually had family-owned cells or cubicles accessed by palm trunk ladders.
- Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains. A part-ruined agadir,or fortified Berber granary,clings precariously to a cliff deep in the Anti-Atlas Mountains.
- Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains,nr. Id-Aissa (aka Amtoudi). Perched high on a shaft of rock,the agadir,or fortified Berber granary,of Agalouil looms spectacularly over the Boulgous Gorge in the southern flanks of the Anti-Atlas range near Id-Aissa.
- Morocco,Anti-Atlas Mountains,nr. Akka. Nestled at the foot of the Anti-Atlas range,Tadakoust is typical of the region's Berber villages. A lofty crumbling agadir,or fortified granary,tops one of the steep hills.
- 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.
- Temguilcht village,with its minaret and 'zaouia' or religious school,dominates the lower reaches of the Tizerkine Canyon
- The part-ruined Glaoui kasbah at Telouet
More Related Images
- View of the interior of the granary in the village of Qasr al-Haj,Libya. Built in the 12th century and one of the finest examples of Berber architecture.
- Tunisia,Jebel Abiadh. A local man rests by the main entrance to the now little-used ksar,or fortified granary at Ezzahra.
- 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,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 .
- 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.
- The Berber agadir,or fortified granary,of Amtoudi is built on a sheer bluff
- Berber village on the walking route between Telouet and Ait Benhaddou