Bani Sar

The village of Bani Sar is located in the Al-Baha area and is about 15 km to the southwest from the city of Al-Baha. It is one of the ancient villages in the tribe of Bani Amer, one of the Zahran tribes. The heritage village is located at the foot of a hill overlooking the modern town. There is a limited number of old buildings, which are intertwined with modern buildings that prevail on the general appearance of the region, most of which are contiguous, and were built on the sloping natural ground. Most of its houses consist of one or two floors, and the predominant percentage of the village houses are partially destroyed and abandoned. The roofs were also built using tree trunks and above them a layer of tree branches, above them mud and milk, and there were found in a number of houses roofs based on rectangular wooden columns topped by a piece of the largest area that resembles the crown of the column and was known locally as (Al-Muzrah). Al-Mazrah is considered a distinctive architectural element of this architectural style in that area. A wooden frame decorated around the architectural openings can be seen in a number of houses.