#m'zab valley

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M'Zab Valley

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M'Zab Valley

A traditional human habitat, created in the 10th century by the Ibadites around their five ksour (fortified cities), has been preserved intact in the M’Zab valley. Simple, functional and perfectly adapted to the environment, the architecture of M’Zab was designed for community living, while respecting the structure of the family. It is a source of inspiration for today’s urban planners.

Outstanding universal value

Located 600 km south of Algiers, in the heart of the Saharan desert, the five ksour (fortified villages) of the M'Zab Valley form an extraordinary homogeneous ensemble, the mark of a sedentary, urban civilization in the desert, the bearer of an original culture which, through its own genius, has managed to preserve its cohesion over the centuries. Consisting of the ksour and palm groves of El-Atteuf, Bounoura, Melika, Ghardaïa and Béni-Isguen (founded between 1012 and 1350), the M'Zab Valley has retained virtually the same settlement pattern and construction techniques since the 11th century, dictated as much by a specific social and cultural context as by the need to adapt to a hostile environment.

Each of these miniature walled cities is dominated by a mosque whose minaret acts as a watchtower. The mosque was conceived as a fortress, the last bastion of resistance in the event of siege, and included an arsenal and a grain silo. Around this building, essential to community life, are houses arranged in concentric circles up to the rampart. Each house constitutes a fixed cubic cell, illustrating an egalitarian social organization based on respect for the family structure, whose intimacy and autonomy it strives to preserve. At the beginning of the first millennium, the Ibadites used local materials to create a vernacular architecture in the M'Zab that, thanks to its perfect adaptation to the environment and the simplicity of its forms, continues to serve as an example and lesson for contemporary architecture and town planning.

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Children accompanying us during a visit of their village - M'zab Valley, 2022

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M'zab Valley, Algeria

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M’ZAB FLAG

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Ghardaia, M'Zab Valley, Algeria,,

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1 &2) Larung Gar (Gompa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larung_Gar

（ラルンガル・ゴンパ、東チベット・カム地方・中国四川省）

3 - 4) Ghardaïa : The Fortified Towns of M'Zab Valley http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/07/the-fortified-towns-of-m-valley.html

（ガルダイア、ムザブの谷・アルジェリア）

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The M'zab Valley, Ghardaïa, Algeria

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Ghardaïa. The M'zab valley, Algeria. @theconfusedarab

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El Ateuf, M'Zab Valley, Algeria. Photo by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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M'zab Valley, Algeria

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M'zab Valley, Algeria

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Algeria : Ghardaia #17 by foto_morgana on Flickr.

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Algeria : Ghardaia #16 by foto_morgana on Flickr.