The village of al-Abadal

The heritage village of Al-Abadil is located within the Baljarshi governorate, about 14 km from its center to the north. It is one of the villages of the Bani Kabir tribe in Sarat Gamd. The village contains a few old heritage buildings consisting of one or two floors, most of which are abandoned and dilapidated, and their walls were built using stones stacked on top of each other in an artistic way that requires high professional expertise, and they were shortened from the inside with a thick layer of mud and mud. The construction was done using stone according to the shape of its natural section, which is of varying sizes, shapes and colors, and the roofs were built using tree trunks and a layer of tree branches, and on top of that, mud and milk. In a number of houses, roofs were found resting on rectangular wooden poles topped with a larger piece that resembles the crown of the pillar and is known locally as (Mizrahi). The mizrah is considered a distinctive architectural element of this architectural style in this region. The doors and windows of the houses were characterized by their thickness and were made of thick logs. A decorative wooden frame can be seen around the architectural openings. It is noteworthy that the craftsmen were creative in constructing the external facades and defining the size of the buildings according to the rocky nature of the village's location. This method led to the formation of buildings between the huge rocks that imposed on the builders spaces and shapes of the buildings in a way that enhances the strength of their presence, which is the most important feature of the village. The beauty and specificity of the village's urban formation was observed through the narrow corridors and alleys between its houses, which were characterized by contiguity and contiguity between them. As is the case in the local pattern of heritage village planning. Large parts of the village have been restored and rehabilitated by the municipality of Al-Abadal