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The village of Sabiha Al-Oliya is located in the Al-Baha region, about 12 kilometers from Al-Atawla towards the north, and is bordered to the north by the village of Nakhal and Sabiha Al-Sufla, to the west by the village of Karadsa, the village of Dahwat and the village of Hadha, to the south by the village of Mahwiyah, and to the east by the village of Nakhal, which is one of the villages of Bani Adwan in Zahran, and is considered the capital of Bani Adwan. The heritage village is located on the top of a mountain surrounded by a number of rocky mountains devoid of crops, overlooking Wadi Nadhal, and the heritage village consists of a group of buildings spread on the foot of a hill. Most of its houses consist of one or two stories, and the majority of the village's houses are partially dilapidated and abandoned. The overall appearance of the village is in harmony with the natural slope of its location, despite the distortion caused by the construction of a number of modern buildings adjacent to the cluster of heritage buildings on the eastern side, resulting in the appearance of the village as an architectural fabric expressive of the local pattern of heritage village planning. The buildings were built using monolithic volcanic stones of varying sizes, shapes and colors, and were installed on top of each other in an artistic way that requires high professional expertise, and were shortened from the inside with a thick layer of mud and mud. It is noteworthy that building craftsmen were creative in the formations of external facades and architectural openings through stone protrusions and the use of solid stone in the construction of external stairs in a number of houses! houses. In addition to dealing with the natural rocky and sloping nature of the land. Roofs were built using tree trunks and a layer of tree branches, topped with mud and clay. In a number of houses, roofs resting on rectangular wooden poles topped with a larger piece of wood that resembles the crown of the pole, known locally as a


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