Aït Benhaddou, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (© Douglas Pearson/Corbis)
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- The ancient fortified city is nearly abandoned now.""But visitors are welcome
- Once a stop on the trade route between Marrakesh and the Sahara Desert…""This city also marked the eastern entrance of a storied mountain range
- Though the mud-brick structures sometimes suffer during the rainy season, the city is an engineering marvel.""And the view from within isn\t bad, either
- Maybe you\ve heard the song “Rock the Casbah” and wondered: Just what is a casbah?""You\re looking at one
