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PMR647-07 Libya, Fezzan, Murzuq: formerly a prosperous trading town as capital of the chiefs of the Awlad Muhammad tribe for some hundreds of years, Murzuq lost its influence with the opening of sea trade and end of their rule in 1813. A series of arches leading to a courtyard with the mosque and minaret of mud bricks. Keywords: Maghreb, Berber architecture, mud brick buildings, barren, sand-dune landscape, sand dunes, Sahara Desert

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR647-07
Upload Date: 2012-11-10 14:25:53
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Libya, Fezzan, Murzuq: formerly a prosperous trading town as capital

of the chiefs of the Awlad Muhammad tribe for some hundreds of years, Murzuq lost its influence with the opening of sea trade and end of their rule in 1813.
A series of arches leading to a courtyard with the mosque and minaret of mud bricks.
Keywords: Maghreb, Berber architecture, mud brick buildings, barren, sand-dune landscape, sand dunes, Sahara Desert