| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year Taken |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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The mosque was in use until 1985.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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The minaret.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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Rennovated houses.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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Nuts and spices.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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Houses.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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The village centre.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Tantura
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The Tantura is a sundial used to determine the date of the Winter Solstice.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Tantura
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Detail of the Tantura.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Tantura
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The shadow of the Tantura.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Tantura
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The shadow of the Tantura falls on the stone on the shortest day.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village
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Rennovated house.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The village is overlooked by Musa ibn Nusayr Fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Musa ibn Nusayr Fort dominates the Heritage Village.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Stairs ascend the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The fort is 45m high.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The fort has suberb brickwork.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Climbing the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The top of the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View of the Heritage Village to the South from the Fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The walled city.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Houses around a rocky outcrop.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Mudbrick walls.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The old mosque and the Tantura.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The Tantura from the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View over the rooftops.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View over the rooftops.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View over the rooftops.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View to the North.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Mosque in the modern town.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View to the West.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The Heritage Village is overlooked by mountains.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Rennovated and unrennovated houses.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Traditional houses.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Rocky outcrop among the houses.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View over the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Spectacular landscape from the fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The modern town.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View of the oasis.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The highway cuts through the old Heritage Village.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The Eastern part of of the Heritage Village is the unrennovated section.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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View of the unrennovated section of the village.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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Mudbrick walls.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The oasis beyond the village.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Heritage Village Site / Event : Musa ibn Nusayr Fort
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The cliffs near the village.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
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The road to the West of Al Ula enters the mountains.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Road through mountainous terrain of colourful rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Camels.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Coloured rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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View to the Al Ula oasis valley.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Coloured rocks with layers.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Rock formations.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Lunar landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Isolated rock.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Rock formations overlooking a settlement.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Weathered rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Ascending to Harrat.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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View above the valley.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Volcanic basalt rock.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Trees and ocre rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Desert landscape near Harrat.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Desert rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Late afternoon.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Dramatic rock formation near Harrat.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Precarious rock.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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Finely balanced.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula
|
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The plateau above Al Ula near Harrat.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
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The Harrat Viewpoint is on the plateau above the oasis.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
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The viewpoint overlooks the town.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View to the East.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Al Ula is set in a wide valley.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Sandy and rocky desert.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View of the modern town.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Al Ula is built around an oasis.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View of the Heritage Village and the Musa ibn Nusayr Fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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The partially restored Heritage Village.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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The Musa ibn Nusayr Fort.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Much of the original village is still being excavated in 2022.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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The centre of Al Ula town.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Mountain views.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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The region around Al Ula is mountainous desert.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View to the South.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Desolate landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View to the South East.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Water tower.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Desolate landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Spectacular landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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View to the North.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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The town and beyond.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Local mosque.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
|
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Two sisters.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
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Two men.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Al Ula District : Harrat Viewpoint
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Visitor at dusk.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
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Madain Saleh dates from the 1st century BCE.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Madain Saleh was built by the Nabateans whose capital was Petra in Jordan.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The site was inhabited until the 6th century
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The Nabateans inhabited the region from the 1st century BCE until the arrival of the Romans in 106.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The site is extensive and set in spectacular landscape.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Madain Saleh is Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage site and is locally called Hejra.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The rocks formations are scattered over a large area.
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2022 |