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Nalut

Nalut is another exceptional Qaser, as well as an old town tumbling down the hill

NALUT

 

Nalut is the chief town of the Nefusah Mountains. The name Nalut is also pronounced locally as Lalot or Lalout. Located at the western end of the Jebel Nafusa, the regional centre of Nalut is another exceptional Qaser, as well as an old town tumbling down the hill.

Unlike other towns in the region it occupies its own rocky bluff, which makes for some wonderful photos.The qasr was once the old town’s centre piece and is now almost completely surrounded by the uninhabited remains of the stone village that cling to the edge of the steep hillside.The views over the mountains and plains from any of the elevated areas around the qasr are superb.

 

 

 

Also near the qasr are two old olive oil presses.

 

Like the other qasrs of the Jebel Nafusa, the main section of this ancient troglodyte granary is reached through a covered tunnel that used to regu- late entry to the inner sections. The walls of the entrance tunnel are lined with Arabic inscriptions carved in relief, which record that the qasr was rebuilt over the ruins of an earlier structure in 1240.

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