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Dar al Hajar (دار الحجر), Wadi Dhahr - وادي ظهر

Wadi Dhahr is a fertile and pleasant valley of small villages and clay-walled orchards in the outskirts of Sanaa. Its most famous structure is the so-called Rock Palace or Dar al-Hajar. It is a five-storey palace that picturesquely stands atop a protruding rock formation. It was built in the 1930s as a summer residence by Imam Yahya.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on February 23, 2008
Taken on February 23, 2008