The dramatic Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace) is perched atop a rock pinnacle at the Wadi Dhahr Valley, north of the capital Sana'a, Yemen, 09 August 2011. The historical five-storey palace was built by Yemen’s ruler Imam Mansour Ali Bin Mehdi Abbas in 1786 AD. In the 1930s, the late Yemeni monarch Imam Yahya Hameed Al-Din added the upper story and annexes and used it as his summer residence. The palace became a symbol for Yemen with its extraordinary architecture
Yemenis stroll through the dramatic Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace) perched atop a rock pinnacle at the Wadi Dhahr Valley, north of the capital Sana'a, Yemen, 09 August 2011. The historical five-storey palace was built by Yemen’s ruler Imam Mansour Ali Bin Mehdi Abbas in 1786 AD
Yemenis (L) stroll through the dramatic Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace) perched atop a rock pinnacle at the Wadi Dhahr Valley, north of the capital Sana'a, Yemen, 09 August 2011. The historical five-storey palace was built by Yemen’s ruler Imam Mansour Ali Bin Mehdi Abbas in 1786 AD. In the 1930s, the late Yemeni monarch Imam Yahya Hameed Al-Din added the upper story and annexes and used it as his summer residence. The palace became a symbol for Yemen with its extraordinary architecture
A Yemeni man explores the dramatic Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace) perched atop a rock pinnacle at the Wadi Dhahr Valley, north of the capital Sana'a, Yemen, 09 August 2011. The historical five-storey palace was built by Yemen’s ruler Imam Mansour Ali Bin Mehdi Abbas in 1786 AD. In the 1930s, the late Yemeni monarch Imam Yahya Hameed Al-Din added the upper story and annexes and used it as his summer residence. The palace became a symbol for Yemen with its extraordinary architecture
A general view of the Wadi Dhahr Valley is seen through an unusual colonnade of arches of the dramatic Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace) perched atop a rock pinnacle at the Wadi Dhahr Valley, north of the capital Sana'a, Yemen, 09 August 2011. The historical five-storey palace was built by Yemen’s ruler Imam Mansour Ali Bin Mehdi Abbas in 1786 AD. In the 1930s, the late Yemeni monarch Imam Yahya Hameed Al-Din added the upper story and annexes and used it as his summer residence. The palace became a symbol for Yemen with its extraordinary architecture.
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