Thula Fort Restoration

Thula Fort Restoration
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THULA FORT RESTORATION

Abdullah Al-Hadrami

ARCHITECTS
Abdullah Al-Hadrami

LOCATION
Yemen

CATEGORY
Urban Design, Cultural Architecture, Restoration

AREA
8754 m²

YEAR
2011

PHOTOGRAPHS
Cemal Emden

Thula Fort Restoration
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Thula Fort Restoration
© Cemal Emden

Threatened by the disruption that might ensue from the construction of a road, the Thula community, with the help of to protect cultural assets, including rebuilding the walls of burial grounds and walls of agricultural terraces, restoring the Bab al Mayah gate, watch towers, paths and waterways, and repairing the cistern that remains in use to this day.

Thula Fort Restoration
© Cemal Emden
Thula Fort Restoration
© Cemal Emden

Thula is well-known for artefacts from the Sabaean period and its prototypical massive stone architecture.

During the preservation process an archaeological site was discovered with gates and walls that should provide further insights into the Sabaeans and their civilisation.

Thula Fort Restoration
© Cemal Emden
Thula Fort Restoration
© Cemal Emden