Ksar Ouled Soltane

Ksar Ouled Soltane ghorfas

Ksar Ouled Soltane (Arabic: قصر أولاد سلطان) is a fortified granary, or ksar, located in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. The ksar is spread out over two courtyards, each of which has a perimeter of multi-story vaulted granary cellars, or ghorfas. Like other ksour (plural of ksar) built by Berber communities Ksar Ouled Soltane, is located on a hilltop, to help protect it from raiding parties in previous centuries. Kamel Laroussi dates its earliest construction to 1699.[1]

Ksar Ouled Soltane is now a tourist destination, with visitors coming to see its well-preserved granary vaults. It was also featured in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in some of the scenes used to represent the slave quarters of Mos Espa, where the character Anakin Skywalker lived as a boy.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Herbert Popp and Abdelfettah Kassah, Les ksour du Sud tunisien : atlas illustré d'un patrimoine culturel, Bayreuth, Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Bayreuth, 2010, 400 p. (ISBN 978-3-939-14604-9).
  2. ↑ Stars of the Desert - A journey across the dunes of Tunisia to discover lost "Tatooine" by Brady Walters.

Further reading

  • Lonely Planet Tunisia, 3rd edition

See also

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