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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Rejal- al-amaa. Standing in the Asir Mountains and recently part-restored, the village of Rejal al-Maa's traditional masonry buildings show similarities to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Najran, Najran. The privately-owned Al-Aan Palace, or Qasr al-Aan, with its adobe walls and white-washed crenellations and window frames bears a strong resemblance to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Al-Alkhalaf. The village of Al-Alkhalaf is among the finest examples of the region's traditional forms of architecture (sometimes called raqaf) with tower-like houses with adobe walls (khulb) protected from erosion by projecting courses of schist (raqaf).
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Saudi Arabia, Najran, Najran. Built in the 1940s, Najran Fort, or Qasr al-Imara, with its adobe walls and white-washed crenellations and window frames bears a strong resemblance to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Rejal- al-amaa. Standing in the Asir Mountains and recently part-restored, the village of Rejal al-Maa's traditional masonry buildings show similarities to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Makkah, Jeddah. Al-Balad, the historic heart of Jeddah, still contains some 19th-century buildings with their distinctive mashrabiyas (Arab oriel windows) - wooden latticework screening windows and supporting small projecting balconies.
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha. Built in around 1927 for a local governor, the Shada Palace is a fine example of one of the region's traditional forms of architecture (sometimes called raqaf) where adobe walls (khulb) are protected from erosion by projecting courses of schist (raqaf).
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Al-Alkhalaf. The village of Al-Alkhalaf is among the finest examples of the region's traditional forms of architecture (sometimes called raqaf) with tower-like houses with adobe walls (khulb) protected from erosion by projecting courses of schist (raqaf).
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Al-Alkhalaf. The village of Al-Alkhalaf is among the finest examples of the region's traditional forms of architecture (sometimes called raqaf) with tower-like houses with adobe walls (khulb) protected from erosion by projecting courses of schist (raqaf).
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Saudi Arabia, Najran, Najran. Built in the 1940s, Najran Fort, or Qasr al-Imara, with its adobe walls and white-washed crenellations and window frames bears a strong resemblance to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Najran, Najran. Built in the 1940s, Najran Fort, or Qasr al-Imara, with its adobe walls and white-washed crenellations and window frames bears a strong resemblance to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Asir, Rejal- al-amaa. Standing in the Asir Mountains and recently part-restored, the village of Rejal al-Maa's traditional masonry buildings show similarities to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, Najran, Najran. Built in the 1940s, Najran Fort, or Qasr al-Imara, with its adobe walls and white-washed crenellations and window frames bears a strong resemblance to the architecture of nearby Yemen.
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