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Description
Property Name: Al-Koot Fort
Inventory No: 974-1-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2008-02-11
Country (State party): Qatar
Province: Doha
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 25° 17′ 12.47″ N
51° 31′ 52″ E
Historic Period: 19th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1880
Style: Late Ottoman
Original Use: Fortress
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Al Koot Fort was built during the Ottoman period in the al Bidda district. It is one of the few remaining monuments from the military architectural heritage of Doha. It was used as a fortress, later a jail. Then it was converted to a museum of traditional arts and crafts.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The whole structure was submitted to refurbishment in 1978 and during restoration, many of the original features of the fort were lost. The fort is now being returned to its former grandeur, as part of the neighboring Souq Waqif project.
References
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1402/