A ksar (
Arabic: قصر) is a
village consisting of generally attached houses, often having collective
granaries and other structures (
mosque, bath, oven, shops) widespread among the
oasis populations of the
Maghreb (northern
Africa.) Ksars are sometimes situated in mountain locations to make defense easier; they often are entirely within a single, continuous wall. The building material of the entire structure is normally
adobe, or cut stone and adobe. The idea of the ksar as a granary is a confused notion of two things, the granary itself, found within a ksar, and the ksar, which is a village, normally with granaries within it.
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