Morocco again46 from Marrakesh to Ouarzazate (2)

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The Atlas range provides Morocco’s spine. The mountains separate the relatively fertile coastal half Morocco from the Sahara desert. And crossing the Atlas is a journey from olive groves and orange trees to outback on a road completed in 1936 by the Foreign Legion. From Marrakesh to Ouarzazate, across the Atlas mountain range via the Tizin’nTichka pass at an altitude of 2269 meters above sea level, brilliant landscape views dotted with Berber villages.The distance from Marrakech to Ouarzazate is only 200km (125 miles), but the drive between the two cities takes at least four hours

Fortified granary Ighrem- n-

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Ouarzazate, Atlas Corporation Studios

Ouarzazate, Atlas Corporation Studios: Films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, The Man Who Would Be King, Cleopatra, Kundun, Gladiator and Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven and Babel were shot there

Khnum originally the god of the source of the Nile River

Egyptian decorations are still impressive but in very poor condition

Ouarzazate

Ouarzazate is relatively small (~60 000 habitants) and, for Morocco, a quiet town, built mostly along the main street - Av. Muhammed V

Ouarzazate is situated at an elevation of

1,135 metres

Ouarzazate Hotel Kenzi Azghor

Ouarzazate name comes from a Berber phrase

meaning "without noise" or "without

confusion”

In the past, Ouarzazate was a crossroad for African traders seeking to reach northern cities in Morocco and Europe

During the French period,

Ouarzazate expanded

considerably as a garrison town and

administrative centre

le Zat Hotel

Ouarzazate Medina

Ouarzazate is the largest town in the Moroccan Sahara

Ouarzazate Kasbah Dar Daif Hotel

Ouarzazate Kasbah Dar Daif

The new site near the city of Ouarzazate -- famous as a filming location for Hollywood blockbusters like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Gladiator" -- could produce enough energy to power over one million homes by 2018 and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 760,000 tons per year, according to the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) finance group.

As His Majesty Mohammed VI of Morocco pressed a button on 4 February 2016, the first phase of the three-part project was set in motion

Purple Geode Pair Crystal Geode Quartz Druze Gem Specimen Moroccan Geode Dyed

Pink Geode Pair Crystal Geode Quartz Druze Gem Specimen Moroccan Geode Dyed

Sound: Saïd Chraïbi - Atlassiyate 2017

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Morocco again46 from Marrakesh to Ouarzazate (2)

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