COLLECTIVE GRANARY IN AIT KINE, PROVINCE OF TATA | salima naji

Ayt Kin is a collective granary enclosed in a fortified village with seven bastioned towers. The collective granary benefited from a first restoration in 2004 initiated by the local association. Eight years later, as part of a project based on this American fund, I launched a second phase of safeguarding, with the partnership of the Amoudou association of Tiznit. This involves redoing the waterproofing, the terraces with their characteristic slate roofs (in progress), the foundations will be strengthened and work is also planned to embellish the interior spaces (which were unfortunately cemented in 2004). This attic is still in use.

If the restoration of the attic of Ait Kin is completed to our great delight, the interior and exterior facades, the waterproofing of the terraces, the replaced gueulards restored, the cistern returned to its original stones and the porch revisited, in short since June, The maalem team has been busy since June, while during 12 missions over the period I have ensured the follow-up and financing thanks to the American ambassadors' fund for the preservation of heritage, for the vast attic of Isserghine, this is a little longer...