Old Walled City of Shibam
Yemen
Date of Inscription: 1982
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v) Hadramaut Governorate, in the Wadi Hadramaut, Seiyun District N15 55 36.984 E48 37 36.012 Ref: 192 |
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Brief Description
Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. Its impressive tower-like structures rise out of the cliff and have given the city the nickname of ‘the Manhattan of the desert’.
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