Ksar of Ouadane

Adrar · Mauritania

Ksar of Ouadane, Mauritania
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A ruined stone caravan city clinging to a rocky escarpment on the edge of the Adrar plateau. Once a hub of the trans-Saharan trade, Ouadane's terraced ruins form part of a World Heritage grouping of ancient ksour.

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