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Description
Property Name: Munikh Castle
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Riyadh
Town: Al Majma’ah
Geographic coordinates: 25°54’5.97″N 45°20’4.06″ E
Historic Period: –
Year of Construction: –
Style: Early Islamic
Original Use: Castle
Current Use: Archaeological Site
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Manikh fort is a castle that was built on the hill (Mount Munikh) in the Sudair region overlooking the city of Majmaah from the western side, and on this mountain is the Manikh Castle – by combining the meme and breaking the Noon – west of the city and the height of its tower (al-Marqab) is within eleven meters, which is in the form of Circular, conical in shape, narrowing its breadth to the top, and it is made up of two towers, one of which is inside and between them is a spiral-shaped staircase, and it is built from the bottom with stones to a height of about two meters, then the building is then with milk made of clay in certain molds.
And to the south of this tower there is another square-shaped and smaller tower, and there is a smaller tower of them to the west. The castle is surrounded by a wall over the mountain linked to the wall surrounding the old country built of mud and stones. The tower and the surrounding area were completely restored, provided with lighting, and became a cultural and tourist landmark.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
State of Preservation
Well preserved
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage