The village of Shabarka

The village of Shabarqa is located in Bani Hassan Governorate in the Al-Baha region in the southwestern region of the Kingdom, on the tourist road linking Al-Baha and Mandak Governorate, about 15 kilometers northwest from Al-Baha city, and is one of the villages of the Sarra Mountains. It mainly includes the houses of the sheikhs of Bani Hassan Al . Asidan. The old heritage complex in the village includes a group of compact and contiguous residential buildings that are located on the mountainside and are surrounded by modern houses on the top and sides. The number of old houses in . The number of old houses in this cluster is few and they look like a single castle consisting of . superimposed on top of each other. This community is characterized by a square, pyramid-shaped tower that is elevated above its surroundings and is characterized by its white paint and is located at its eastern end. It is noted that the building craftsmen were creative in dealing with the rocky, sloping nature of the natural terrain. Most of the houses in this community consist of . Beautiful from . There are a number of three-story houses, but they are partially dilapidated and abandoned. In general, it appears in harmony with the natural slope of its location, despite the distortion caused by the construction of a number of modern buildings around it. It was built using monolithic volcanic stones of various sizes, shapes and colors, which were installed on top of each other in an artistic way that required high professional expertise, and were shortened on the inside with a thick layer of mud and clay. Roofs were also built using tree trunks and a layer of tree branches, topped with mud and adobe, and in a number of houses there were roofs resting on rectangular wooden poles of the same shape. It is topped by a larger piece of square area that resembles the crown of the pillar and is known locally as the mizrahi. The mizrahi is considered a distinctive architectural element of this architectural style in the region: That area. The use of Translated with DeepL.com (free version)