Located about 4.5 kilometers southeast of Al-Baha city, Al-Malad is one of Sarra's heritage villages. It is located on a rocky slope that rises above the surrounding area. The village consists of a number of residential buildings that are few in number and adjacent to each other, and wrap around the fort that bears its name. The village's houses are built on the natural sloping ground, which required the builders to take special care in reinforcing the facades of the buildings. Most of the houses are one- or two-story buildings with square windows and little space, and the majority of the village's houses are partially dilapidated and abandoned. The overall appearance of the village is homogeneous with the natural slope of the land, as if it complements the fortress in the center of the village. As a result of the juxtaposition of buildings, the village appears as an architectural fabric expressive of the local style of village planning. Heritage... The village is devoid of any modern buildings. There are no modern buildings within or adjacent to the old buildings of the heritage village, and it occupies all the land of the rocky hill on which it is built. Its walls were built using stones stacked on top of each other in an artistic way that requires high professional expertise, and were shortened from the inside with a thick layer of mud and milk, and it is noted that the craftsmen were creative in the formation of external facades and architectural openings through stone protrusions. The roofs were built using tree trunks, topped with a layer of tree branches, and overlaid with mud and clay. In a number of houses, roofs resting on rectangular wooden pillars topped with a larger piece of wood that resembles the crown of the pillar, known locally as the mizrahi. The mizrahi is considered a distinctive architectural element in this region. The use of the mizrahi was observed without. The doors and windows of the houses are characterized by their thickness and are made of wood for this style of thick trees. It was possible to observe
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