The palette

Mud bricks and packed mud, two earthy browns mixed, on a cobblestone base, with coloured tiles at the gate and the fountain. A single earth colour makes the kasbah look built from the ground; the tiles are the only bright spots.

Techniques

• Two earths mixed
• Stepped merlons
• Corner towers
• Coloured tiles
• Inner courtyard

The steps

1. Courtyard paving
2. Walls: south
3. Walls: east and west
4. Walls: north
5. Wall merlons
6. South-west tower: base
7. South-west tower: upper tower
8. South-west tower: merlons
9. South-east tower: base
10. South-east tower: upper tower
11. South-east tower: merlons
12. North-west tower: base
13. North-west tower: upper tower
14. North-west tower: merlons
15. North-east tower: base
16. North-east tower: upper tower
17. North-east tower: merlons
18. Gate: tiled frame
19. Gate: studded doors
20. Tower-house: walls
21. Tower-house: merlons
22. Tower-house: corner turrets
23. Tiled fountain
24. West arcade
25. East arcade
26. Carpets and cedar doors

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