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Vernacular architecture This time—unlike the other thread I did last year—with particular focus on shapes & composition. (After all, the thing that interests me most as a poet is the construction of forms). A few more here instagram.com/p/CXYn_6CKExJ/ 1. Bedouin tents in Morocco

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Drawings by Spanish anthropologist, historian & linguist Julio Caro Baroja (1914–1995), from his book 'Estudios saharianos' (1955)

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2. The Roofs of Ghadames—an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya—also known as 'the pearl of the desert' [Photograph by George Steinmetz]

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Located at the junction of ancient Saharan caravan routes, the town was the Roman stronghold Cydamus (whose ruins remain). It was an episcopal see under the Byzantines, and columns of the Christian church still remain in the Sīdī Badrī Mosque britannica.com/place/Ghadamis

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Ghadames is a tuareg settlement

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Federico, I was lucky enough to visit Ghadames a few years back, while working as a preservationst in architectural heritage. There were no tourists yet, only the friendly but enigmatic Tuareg. Unforgettable sky with miriad pastel coloured stars, quite like a Hubble photo

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How wonderful! I would also love to visit Ghadames. Who knows, one day...

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