Photo-feature by Shukri bin Mansour TUNIS, July 7 (KUNA) -- Located in the southeast of Tunisia, the mountainous and ancient village of Matmata does not only attract visitors with stupendous sceneries and history, it has a pop culture connection with none other than the multi-billion movie franchise Star Wars The village, built around 2000 years ago, is known for its dwellings craved into the hills, which protected the old occupiers of the facilities from the heat and cold.
What made Matmata more famous was the filming of a little unknown film called "Star Wars" back in the 1970s, and the rest as they say was "history". (end) sbm.gta