Old Chebika - Chebika, Tunisia
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Becktracker
N 34° 19.299 E 007° 56.344
32S E 402393 N 3798331
The old town of Chebika has been built with adobe in Berber style, but was abandoned after flooding in 1969
Waymark Code: WM13KHD
Location: Tunisia
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
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from wikipedia:
The contemporary village of Chebika has several hundred residents, built near the old town, abandoned in 1969 after catastrophic flooding. The site, writes Jean Duvignaud, "is placed in the intersection of two advances of the mountain that opens here towards the desert".
Chebika has some interesting sights.
Chebika lies at the foot of the mountains of the Djebel el Negueb and, because of its exposure to the sun, it is known as Qasr el-Shams ("Castle of the Sun" in Arabic). Many scenes for the film The English Patient were shot in the Chebika oasis landscape. Despite circulated claims, no scenes for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope were shot in this area.
Reason for Abandonment: Natural Disaster
Date Abandoned: 01/01/1969
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