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Description
Property Name: Al Wajh Castle
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Tabuk
Town: Al Wajh
Geographic coordinates: 26°13’38.07″N 36°27’31.48″E
Historic Period: 16th century
Year of Construction: 1561
Style: Red Sea Coast
Original Use: Fortress
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Al Wajh Castle was built before 1039 AH (1629 AD). Texts stipulate that there was an extensive restoration of the castle in 1115 AH (1730 AD). As for the exact date of its construction, historical sources are vague. It was most likely established in the year 968 AH (1561 AD). One of the most prominent castles on the route to Hajj from Syria and Egypt, it was used both to protect and offer rest to convoys of pilgrims.
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