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Description
Property Name: Al Kaaki House
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Makkah
Town: Taif
Geographic coordinates: 21°16’11.27″N 40°24’19.81″E
Historic Period: 20th Century
Year of Construction: 1943
Style: 20th century Islamic
Original Use: House/Palace
Current Use: –
Architect: Unknown
Significance
An old house for the Al-Kaaki family was built in 1362 AH, and is distinguished by its building style that combined some features of Islamic and Greek architecture, and the house consists of three floors and is still in good condition, but deserted and closed, with an area of about 400 square meters, and can be used in various tourist activities
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