1/ Although an exact date for the establishment of Sana’a is unknown, according to Yemeni legend, it was founded by Shem, one of the three sons of Prophet Noah. pic.twitter.com/bp88z8wOlv
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
3/ Once a seat of government for the early Islamic caliphs, it is today the capital city of Yemen. Its Islamic heritage is reflected in its 106 mosques, 12 hammams (bath houses) and 6,500 houses built before the 11th century pic.twitter.com/dCw7YZMRKC
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
5/ Like an elaborate work of art in an expansive open-air museum, more than 6,000 houses built before the eleventh century lie within the old city walls, tucked close together and connected by a comprehensive network of narrow streets and alleyways. pic.twitter.com/KM8KwBfjNG
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
7/ More than 1,000 years ago & preceding most of the world’s cities, the old city of Sana’a presented a model of green architecture in its 6,500 buildings (UN-Habitat /2020), constructed with local environment friendly materials, such as stones, mud, baked bricks, wood & gypsum pic.twitter.com/U2retkcidb
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
10/ The stained glass windows on the houses and buildings in the old city of Sana’a glisten in the night pic.twitter.com/GXsDB6KfcT
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
12/ The Dar al-Hajar is a former royal palace located in Wadi Dhar about 15 kilometres from Sana‘a. Built in the 1920s as the summer retreat of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, ruler of Yemen from 1904 to 1948 it sits on top of a structure built in 1786 for scholar al-Imam Mansour pic.twitter.com/nl7WQPRylx
— Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) February 19, 2024
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