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Description
Property Name: Shamsan Castle / Ottoman Qishlah
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Asir
Town: Abha
Geographic coordinates: 18°13’30.81″N 42°30’12.13″E
Historic Period: Ottoman
Year of Construction: –
Style: Asiri
Original Use: Castle
Current Use: Archeological Site
Architect: Unknown
Significance
An old castle in the city of Abha, of which some walls and ceilings remain, and it is in poor condition at the present time, and its distinction lies in its location on the top of a mountain overlooking a part of the city of Abha. The site is of high historical, archaeological and heritage importance.
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
Need Restoration
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage