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Description
Property Name: Al-Kateb House
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Makkah
Town: Taif
Geographic coordinates: 21°16’8.35″N 40°23’58.10″E
Historic Period: 20th Century
Year of Construction: 1938
Style: 20th century islamic
Original Use: House/Palace
Current Use: –
Architect: Unknown
Significance
A three-story house for the Al-Kateb family built in 1357 AH. Its construction is distinguished by beautiful decorations and inscriptions on its walls, columns and windows, and its area is about 350 square meters. It is considered one of the prominent and striking architectural landmarks that cannot be forfeited, and therefore it must be restored to save it from the risk of collapse, and it can be invested in multiple tourism 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