Tables Village

The village of Al-Aqad is located north of the center of Al-Baha city and is about 32 km away from it. The advantage of the site is that it is the highest plateau in the middle of Wadi Quraish, which is located between two giant mountains, called the eastern mountain, which is bordered by the east and the western mountain that borders it from the west, and it is bordered to the south by the village of Al-Hamidan, and from the north by the village of Bani Muhammad and Al-Qahad, and the village is inhabited by the Quraysh Zahran tribe. The village contains several old buildings with rare heritage designs in the art of construction, such as the Damas fort, which is believed to be the first building erected in the table, the Al-Othman fort, the fort of the sheikhmans, the sheikh councils, the old mosque, the old mosque, a a niche and a platform distinguished by its designs, and the primary school building (the first school in the history of the table). Most of its houses consist of a floor or two and have fortses consisting of several floors. Their walls were built using stones plaid on top of each other in a technical way that requires high professional experience. Their shortness was carried out from the inside with a thick layer of clay and milk and was built using stone according to the shape of its natural section, which is of different sizes and various shapes. It was installed in a high-quality technical manner and in a compact manner that ensures the cohesion of the walls. It is noted that building craftsmen have been creative in the compositions of exterior facades and architectural openings through stone protrusions. Which was also used in the construction of a number of exterior drawers, which are beautiful and characterized by a high level of construction craftsmanship. 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 with a larger piece of 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. The doors and windows of the houses were distinguished by their thickness and were made of thick wood. A wooden frame decorated around the architectural openings can be seen. It was also noted that the houses of the neighborhood are separate and adjacent, and it is observed that a number of alleys and winding roads are formed and others in the form of terraces between them, which create an architectural fabric that expresses the local style in the planning of the heritage village. The village was restored in 1434 AH. The construction condition of most heritage buildings is very good.