Aït Benhaddou

Aït Benhaddou (Berber: Ath Benhadu, آيت بن حدّو) is a fortified city, or ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. Most citizens living in the area now live in more modern dwellings in a nearby village, although there are 4 families still living in the ancient city. This giant fortification, which is made up of six Kasbahs and nearly fifty ksars which are individual Kasbahs, is a great example of earthen clay architecture. Which is also use in Moroccan architecture.

Aït Benhaddou has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and several films have been shot there, including:


 * Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
 * Sodom And Gomorrah (1963)
 * Oedipus Rex (1967)
 * The Man Who Would Be King (film) (1975)
 * The Message (1976)
 * Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
 * Time Bandits (1981)
 * Marco Polo (1982)
 * 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)
 * Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
 * Babel (2006)
 * One Night with the King (2006)
 * Prince of Persia (2010)
 * Son of God (film) (2014)

Also used in parts of the TV series Game of Thrones.