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The Drâa valley

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The Drâa Valley really starts to 70 km in the south of Ouarzazate, after precipice canyons and great silent spaces.

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Irrigated by the Drâa wadi, the fairy-like valley extends on nearly 200 km length, presenting a continuous ribbon of greenery. The cultivated fields and the palm plantations follow one another, marked out with fifty kasbahs and ksours (gathering of several kasbahs or houses) built of cob: to try to escape the raids of the desert nomads, the sedentaries of the valley gathered in ' ksour' protected by high walls flanked by watching towers.

From the region of Agdz until Mhamid, Drâa nourishes

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a narrow oasis almost uninterrupted. "On its banks, the bottom of the valley is an enchanter garden: fig trees, pomegranates confusing their foliages and spread on the ground a thick shade; above the high plumes of the date palms are balanced. Under this dome, it is only one carpet of greenery: the ground is only culture, only sowings; it is divided with a meticulous order into infinity of pieces, each one closed of cob walls; a crowd of channels furrow it, bringing water and freshness ". Written more than one century ago by Charles de Foucauld, these lines preserved all their value.

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