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A hill town of whitewashed and ochre houses climbing towards a dome and a slender minaret under a mustard sun, with cypresses along the foot of the hill. Every surface is a different fabric texture.
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Patchwork Medina

Hill Town

No. 1 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA hill town of whitewashed and ochre houses climbing towards a dome and a slender minaret under a mustard sun, with cypresses along the foot of the hill. Every surface is a different fabric texture.

What it meansTowns built up steep hillsides, house over house, are found all around the Mediterranean and across North Africa and the Levant, where the mosque usually sits near the top.

Where it worksWarm and busy, it suits a hallway or a family kitchen.

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The same kind of hill town after dark: indigo and teal houses with a few mustard windows lit, a pale crescent and small stitched stars over the rooftops.Blue HourNo. 2
A town of rust, saffron and sand coloured houses filling the whole frame up to a pale turquoise sky, with date palms in front.Terracotta TownNo. 3
A close view across big flat-roofed houses in cream, oatmeal and pale rust under an evening sky of saffron and rust strips with a thin crescent.RooftopsNo. 4
A white hill town beneath a clear blue sky, its houses in cream, oatmeal and pale sand, with a teal dome and a full moon rising by day.White TownNo. 5
A small harbour town on a quay with a striped lighthouse and a ribbed dome, sailing boats on bands of blue water and a mustard sun.Harbour MorningNo. 6
The harbour at night: a crescent and small stars over indigo hills, lit windows along the quay and pale sails on dark water.Night HarbourNo. 7
Boats with rust and saffron sails crossing a teal sea at dusk, below a town of warm walls and a sky in saffron and rust bands.Red SailsNo. 8
Date palms beside a still pool between dunes of sand, saffron and rust, with a small mud-brick house and dome and a low red sun.OasisNo. 9

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