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Description
Property Name: King Abdul Aziz Fort, Duba
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Tabuk
Town: Duba
Geographic coordinates: 27°20’53.94″N 35°41’42.35″E
Historic Period: 20th Century
Year of Construction: 1933
Style: Red Sea Coast
Original Use: Castle
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
One of the most important castles built during the Saudi era, King Abdul Aziz requested its construction in 1352 AH (1933 AD), and it was used temporarily as administrative headquarters in the seaside town of Dabba. King Abdul Aziz’s Castle in Dabba today is a national heritage site, located in the centre of the old town near the port. In all four corners of the castle there is a crescent-shaped tower, and the rooms of the castle are adjacent to walls from the inside. The castle can be entered through its eastern gate.
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