The Getty Conservations Institute's Conservation and Rehabilitation Plan (CRP) for the Kasbah of Taourirt project aims to develop a methodology for the conservation and rehabilitation of this traditional earthen ensemble that can be used as a model for similar earthen sites in the region. [ Ссылка ]

The Ksar of Taourirt, an entire earthen village and oasis dating from the seventeenth century, is an emblematic ensemble strategically located at the intersection of major trans-Saharan trade routes and now embedded within the modern city of Ouarzazate, Morocco.

At the city's core is the fortified Kasbah of Taourirt. This earthen site, registered as a National Monument, was originally one of the residences of the Glaoua Caid, a powerful family that ruled the region during late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It symbolizes the Berber culture and is composed of different earthen buildings types of high architectural, social, and historic significance.

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