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List Of Ksour In Tunisia
The list of ksars (Arabic: ''ksour'') in Tunisia is established by Herbert Popp and Abdelfettah Kassah and published in their book ''Les ksour du Sud tunisien : atlas illustré d'un patrimoine culturel'' in 2010. It lists 92 ksour, i.e. almost all of the country's buildings – distributed between the governorates of Medenine and Tataouine Tataouine ( ber, Tiṭṭawin; ar, تطاوين) is a city in southern Tunisia. It is the capital of the Tataouine Governorate. The below-ground "cave dwellings" of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the c ... over an area between Koutine to the north, Ksar Zorgane to the east, Remada to the south and Beni Khedache to the west – except for a few isolated works such as Ksar Sidi Makhlouf, Ksar Morra or Ksar Dhehibat.. Medenine Governorate Beni Khedache Delegation Medenine Nord Delegation Tataouine Governorate Bir Lahmar Delegation Ghomrassen Delegation Smar Delegation Tatao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksar
Ksar or qsar (Maghrebi Arabic: wiktionary:قصر, قصر ''qṣer'' or ڭصر ''gser'', plural ''qṣur''; Berber language, Berber: ⵉⴴⵔⵎ ''aghrem'' or ''ighrem'', plural: ''igherman''), plural ksars, qsars, ksour or qsour, is the North African term for "fortified village," from Arabic ''qaṣar'' (), itself possibly loaned from Latin ''castrum''. The term generally refers to a Berber fortified village. Related terms The origin of the Maghrebi Arabic term ''qsar'' is Qasr (other), ''qaṣar'' () in Modern Standard Arabic, Standard Arabic, which means "castle" or "palace"; this term is also found elsewhere in the Muslim world. See, for example, the Al-Andalus, Iberian ''alcázar''. The Berber language, Berber (Amazigh) original word for "ksar" used in North Africa by the Berber-speaking populations is ''aghrem'' (singular) or ''igherman'' (plural). In the Maghreb, the term has a more general meaning of "fortified village," or "fort". The Berber word ''ighe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
