Al-Hajjarah Village, Yemen
From series “15 Sparsely Populated Places for Solitude with Wildlife”
In Yemen, you can visit an isolated Al-Hajjarah Village. Earlier this village was a prosperous town where people mostly worked in a trade industry. The main peculiarity of it is the saved old stone houses that were built on the rocks at the edge of the gulf. Stones for the building were taken from the nearby stone pits. The houses stay close to each other and remind a united inaccessible bastion.
It is interesting to note that there wasn’t used any additional mortars. These houses look like united complexes made of huge stones that stay hurtless within hundreds of years. They were built in the 12th century when Yemen was occupied by Turkish conquerors. At that time the town had an advantage ground.
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ATM bankomat: 'HSBC Bank' located in 20 km (
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Car rental office: 'Al Washah LLC' is located in 31 km (
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