Winter village

Located on a hill overlooking Wadi Dahis, about 23 kilometers south of Al-Atawla, Al-Eshtaa is one of the largest villages of the Bani Bashir tribe. Most of the village's houses are single-story, detached and adjacent to each other. Their walls were built using stones stacked on top of each other in an artistic way that required professional expertise, and were shortened on the inside with a thick layer of mud and yogurt. It was built using stone according to the shape of its natural section, which is of varying sizes and shapes. It was installed in a high-quality artistic way and in a compact manner that ensures the cohesion of the walls. It is noteworthy that the craftsmen were creative in using stone protrusions to build a number of external drawers, which are beautiful and characterized by a high level of construction craftsmanship. Roofs were built using logs and square-sectioned wood, topped with a layer of tree branches, and covered with mud and clay. In a number of houses, roofs resting on rectangular wooden pillars topped with a larger piece of wood that resembles the crown of the pillar, known locally as a 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. In a number of houses, a number of wooden decorations were beautifully colored and attractive. It can be observed that the houses of the neighborhood, although a number of them are dilapidated, a number of alleys are formed between them, which create an architectural fabric expressing the local pattern in the planning of the heritage village in the southern region in terms of fortification and the defensive style of the buildings