Al-Habb village

The village of Al-Habb is located 22 km southeast of the center of Al-Baha city, and 15 km to the south from the city of Belgarshi. The village of Al-Habb, which means Al-Akma, is one of the villages of the tribe of Bani Kabir in Sarat Ghamid and is located on the foot of the mountain overlooking the modern village. The village contains a small number of old heritage buildings consisting of one or two floors, most of which are abandoned and destroyed. The village is surrounded by a modern building that overlaps with it and the old building stands out through its distinction, as its walls were built using cut stones to suit the building. They are semi-polite and its type of basalt and found in multiple colors. Its shortness was done from the inside with a thick layer of clay and milk. The building stones were installed in a high-quality technical way and in a compact manner that ensures the cohesion of the walls. The roofs were also built using tree trunks and wood with a square section and above it a layer of tree branches, above them mud and milk, and there were roofs found in a number of houses based on rectangular wooden columns topped by a larger piece of the area that resembles the crown of the column and was known locally as (Al-Mazrah). 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. It is beautifully decorated, and a wooden frame decorated around the architectural openings in the square windows can be seen. In a number of houses, a number of wooden ornaments were found to be colored beautifully and attractive. The majestic patch tree is one of the prominent landmarks of the village, and it is one of the largest trees in the Kingdom in terms of its size, trunk size, thickness of branches and extension.