Aït Benhaddou

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Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Morocco
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv, v
Reference	444
Region†	Arab States
Inscription history
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Aït Benhaddou (Arabic: آيت بن حدّو) is a 'fortified city', or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. It is situated in Souss-Massa-Draâ on a hill along the Ouarzazate River and has some beautiful examples of kasbahs, which unfortunately get damaged each rainstorm. Most of the town's inhabitants now live in a more modern village at the other side of the river; ten families however still live within the ksar.

Aït Benhaddou is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987^[1] and several films have been shot there, including;

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Man Who Would Be King (film) (1975)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Kundun (1997)
The Mummy (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
Alexander (2004)

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Archaeological Site of Volubilis · Historic City of Meknes · Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou · Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) · Medina of Fes el Bali · Medina of Marrakech · Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) · Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)