The Ksar Of Taghardaït
THE KSAR OF GHARDAÏA
It was founded in 1057, Ghardaïa “Taghardaït” also called the pearl of the oasis and the capital of the M'zab Valley, is located upstream of the M'zab Valley, and is organized around a hill.
At the top, and in the middle, is the great mosque, which is considered the focal point around which gather all other elements of religious and wordly life.
Ghardaïa is the largest city where are found the largest concentration of facilities and social cultural and economic infrastructure. It has an almost perfect radio concentric geometry marked by rising and climbing streets all converging to the end of the journey to the Big Mosque.
In the first nucleus of the Ksar, the market called "Rahba" once specialized in the sale of pottery, now devoid of its function. The current market place against a very dynamic one is part of the outer extension of the city.
The Ksar is surrounded by several cemeteries, real dead cities that remain to date the only areas not affected by the operations of extension. These cemeteries contain funerary mosques, places of worship that are not covered (m'çolla) and tombs of illustrious scholars and men of worship.
The Ksar recently received special attention consisting of backup plans in the permanent objective of the development of historical monuments in addition to its restoration and rehabilitation. The initiative has been a continuous task to cover all community buildings and homes that also require a support point of view protection and restoration for better preservation of architectural character of the site and improving the living environment of its inhabitants.
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