The village of Safah

The village of Al-Safah is located within Mandak Governorate, about 10 kilometers to the south, and about 25 kilometers to the north from Al-Baha region. It is bordered to the north by the villages of Al-Sarafa and Mulgh, to the northwest by the village of Al-Jamajim, to the south by the village of Al-Fasila, and to the east by the village of Al-Ayes. It is likely that the name came as a description of the shape of its terrain, as its location is on the slope of a mountain. The village had a market in the village, which is one of the most important and oldest markets. The village's houses were built according to the natural position of the mountain slope, which required the builders to take special care in reinforcing the facades of the buildings. As a result, the buildings appeared monolithic and the corridors were narrow to meet the need for defense. Most of its houses are single-story, abandoned and dilapidated. Their walls were built using stacked stones in a highly technical manner that required professional expertise, and were reinforced on the inside with a thick layer of mud and clay. The building was built using stone in a variety of sizes and shapes, and it is noteworthy that the craftsmen were creative in the formations of the external facades and its natural section: and the architectural openings through the stone protrusions. The roofs were also built using tree trunks and a layer of roofing material. The roofs were built using tree trunks and topped with a layer of wooden rectangular columns topped with a larger piece that resembles an architectural feature characteristic of this architectural style in that area, and the doors and windows were characterized by a decorative wooden frame around the architectural openings. At the edge of the village there is a modern building and modern building materials have been added to a number of houses in the village, including tree branches, mud and adobe. A number of houses have a column crown, known locally as a mizrahi. ) The mizrahi is considered the element of the houses with its thickness and is made of thick tree timber. Wamkin