Old Town of Ghadamès

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site historic town oasis settlement

The Old Town of Ghadamès is an ancient oasis settlement in the Sahara Desert renowned for its distinctive earthen architecture and intricate covered alleyways, reflecting a long history of trans-Saharan trade and traditional Berber culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Town of Ghadamès canonical 4
Ghadames old town 1
Old town of Ghadamès 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
oasis settlement ⓘ
builtWithMaterial mud brick ⓘ
palm wood ⓘ
rammed earth ⓘ
climateAdaptationFeature covered passageways ⓘ
narrow shaded streets ⓘ
whitewashed walls ⓘ
coordinateApprox 30.13°N 9.50°E ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
governedBy Libya ⓘ
surface form: State of Libya
hasCulturalAssociation Arab-Islamic culture ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber culture

Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg culture
hasFunction caravan stop ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
hasStructureType city walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRole key node in trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
locatedIn Ghadamès ⓘ
locatedInDesert Sahara Desert ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tripolitania ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Libya
notableFor covered alleyways ⓘ
earthen architecture ⓘ
labyrinthine street plan ⓘ
traditional oasis urbanism ⓘ
partOf trans-Saharan trade network ⓘ
periodOfMajorDevelopment medieval period ⓘ
recognizedFor continuity of oasis lifestyle ⓘ
intact traditional urban fabric ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Islam ⓘ
roofType flat roofs ⓘ
threatenedBy abandonment ⓘ
modern development ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1986 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOSiteId 362 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
urbanPattern cellular housing blocks ⓘ
multi-level houses ⓘ
waterManagementFeature irrigation channels ⓘ
palm groves ⓘ
waterSource oasis springs ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Libya → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
Tripolitania → containsArchaeologicalSite → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghadames old town
Ghadamès → officialNameUNESCO → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
Ghadamès → hasPart → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
Ghadames Oasis → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
Nalut District → hasNotableSite → Old Town of Ghadamès ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old town of Ghadamès