Reception room, Kasbah of the Glaoua family, Telouet
Reception room with carved stucco decoration and zellige tiles, Kasbah of the Glaoua family, Telouet, High Atlas, Morocco. Zellige tiles are terracotta tiles covered with 5 colours of enamel and set into plaster in decorative patterns. The fortress was begun in the 19th century as the residence Thami el Glaoui, 1879-1956, who was Pasha of Marrakech 1912-56. It sits at 1800m in the Atlas mountains on an ancient caravan route from the Sahara to Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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