Musaqir village

Located in the Al-Baha region, about 20 km from the center of Al-Baha city, Al-Musaqir is one of Zahran's heritage villages and is located on a rocky slope with little elevation. The village consists of a number of residential buildings, most of which are adjacent to each other, and were built on the natural sloping ground, which required the builders to take special care to reinforce the facades of the buildings. This required special treatment in reinforcing the facades of the buildings. Most of the houses are single-story, 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. The juxtaposition of buildings has resulted in an architectural fabric that reflects the local style of heritage village planning. A number of modern residential buildings can be observed outside and around the old buildings of the heritage village. Their walls were built using stacked stones stacked on top of each other in an artistic way that requires high professional expertise, and were reinforced on the inside with a thick layer of mud and clay. It is noteworthy that building craftsmen were creative in the formations of external facades and architectural openings through stone protrusions and external stone staircases that were installed on the facades of a number of houses and consisted of large and solid stones. Of large and solid stones. The roofs were also built using tree trunks and a layer of tree branches, and on top of that, mud and milk, and were found in a number of houses: A number of houses have ceilings resting on rectangular wooden poles topped with a larger piece that resembles the crown of the pillar and is known locally as (Mizrahi). The mizrahi is considered. An architectural element characteristic of this architect in that region. The use of the mizrahi without ornamentation and the use of a tree trunk in its natural form was also observed. The use of tree trunks to make external wooden balconies was also observed. The doors and windows of the houses were characterized by their thickness and were made of timber