{"id":5009,"date":"2025-07-14T17:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/?page_id=5009"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:03:21","slug":"the-salt-mine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/activites-alentours\/que-visiter-au-maroc\/la-mine-de-sel\/","title":{"rendered":"The salt mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5009\" class=\"elementor elementor-5009\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477596f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"477596f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d702551 e-con-full entrance-clip-path-both e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d702551\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ce792d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d499d entrance-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30d499d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the bowels of the mountain<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5534c59 elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial entrance-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5534c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A few kilometres from Ksar Ighnda, you can visit a salt mine that is still in operation. You will enter the bowels of the mountain to discover an astonishing spectacle where the salt crystals seem to flow along the walls and ceilings in the galleries that are lost in the darkness.<\/p><p>For centuries, T\u00e9louet, the stronghold of the Glaoua tribe, was the obligatory crossing point for caravans linking Marrakech to Ouarzazate and the sub-Saharan regions. Successive Glaoua lords made considerable profits by imposing a right of passage on goods.<\/p><p>At once a fortress, a castle and a caravanserai, the kasbah of T\u00e9louet dominates the Oued Imaren and the surrounding hamlets. El Hadj Thami Glaoui, then pasha of Marrakech, added a luxurious palace during the first half of the 20th century.<\/p><p>Along the old camel caravan route from Ouarzazate to Marrakech - the well-trodden path of which still marks the terrain - lie the salt-rich mines of Telouet. The Jews of the region were granted the concession to run the mines and the salt trade by a pasha (local leader) named Tahami, in recognition of their success in boosting the local economy through their involvement in the trade of grain, almonds, dates and other essential goods.<\/p><p>The region's pink-coloured salt was prized for its medicinal properties, commonly known as \"living salt\", and was once capable of being sold at the weight of gold or ivory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd1aaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fd1aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb3650 elementor-widget__width-inherit entrance-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdb3650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5506\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250808_120334-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrez la mine de sel Group 80-svg Retour aux alentours Dans les entrailles de la montagne A quelques kilom\u00e8tres du Ksar Ighnda vous pouvez visiter une mine de sel encore en exploitation. Vous p\u00e9n\u00e9trerez dans les entrailles de la montagne pour d\u00e9couvrir un \u00e9tonnant spectacle o\u00f9 les cristaux de sel semblent couler le long des [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5009","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5009"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5540,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009\/revisions\/5540"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksarighnda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}