The President of the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced the registration of the Al-Ahsa Oasis site in the Eastern Region as a list of UNESCO’s World Humanitarian Heritage, as the fifth Saudi site to include the list after the site of Madain Saleh and Al-Tarif neighborhood in the historical shield and Jeddah historical sites and rock sites in the sites of Jubbah And Al-Shuhamis in Hail.
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Madain Saleh
It is the first site to be registered in Saudi Arabia in the list of the World Humanitarian Heritage List in UNESCO in the year 1429 AH / 2008AD, and it includes the ruins of Madain Saleh, 153 carved rock facades, as well as a number of Islamic monuments, which are represented in a number of castles and the remains of the Hejaz railway, which extends for a distance of 13 As well as the station and the trains, and there is another archaeological site known as Madaen Shoaib located northwest of Mada’in Salih and follows the Tabuk region, where the site contains monuments that are very similar to those in Mada’in Salih
Al-Turaif neighborhood, historical shield
The historical Al-Turaif neighborhood is considered one of the most important features of Al-Diriyah archaeological site, so that the neighborhood becomes the second Saudi site that is registered in the World Heritage List, due to its embrace of the most important archaeological buildings, palaces and historical monuments, as it included most of the administrative buildings during the era of the first Saudi state, such as the Salwa Palace, which was established at the end of the second century The tenth of the Hijri period, and the affairs of the first Saudi state were managed, as well as the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Mosque, the Palace of Saad bin Saud, the Palace of Nasser bin Saud, and the traditional palace of hospitality that contains a quaint bath, surrounded by the Al-Tarif neighborhood a large wall and towers that were used for the purposes of monitoring and defending the city Of
Historic Jeddah
It joined the World Heritage List in 1435 AH / 2014AD, located in the center of Jeddah, the historical Jeddah includes a number of monuments and heritage and heritage buildings, such as the effects of the Jeddah Wall and its historical lanes such as the Al-Mazloum neighborhood, the Al-Sham neighborhood, the Yemen neighborhood, and the sea lane, and there are also a number Among the historical mosques, the most prominent are the Othman bin Affan Mosque, the Al-Shafii Mosque, the Al-Basha Mosque, the Akash Mosque, the Al-Mimar Mosque and the Hanafi Mosque, in addition to the historical markets.
Rock painting sites in the locations of Jubba and Shuwaymis in Hail
The sites of Jubbat, Rata and Al-Manjour (Al-Shuwaimis) in the Hail region are considered to be one of the most important and largest archaeological sites in the Kingdom dating back more than 10 thousand years BC. They are the fourth archeological sites that have been included in the list of World Heritage by UNESCO in the year 1436 AH / 2015 AD .
Al-Ahsa Oasis
It is one of the most famous palm oases that abound with freshwater eyes, and it is the largest palm-surrounded oasis in the world, with more than 1.5 million palm trees producing dates, which enabled it to participate in the international competitions of the Seven Wonders of the World, and to include it in the list of world human heritage. The General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage has submitted a file for registering Al-Ahsa Oasis on the World Humanitarian Heritage List to the World Heritage Committee during its particiAl Bahahn in the forty-second session of the World Heritage Committee that was held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, last week.
Madain Saleh
Al-Ahsa Oasis
Rock painting sites in the locations of Jubba and Shuwaymis in Hail
Historic Jeddah
Al-Turaif neighborhood, historical shield
