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Dhee Ayn, Marble Village - ذي عين – القرية الرخامية

Saudi Arabia / Al-Bahah
Location ID: #999-17045
Al Baha is 1005 km southwest of Riyadh and 265 km southeast of Makkah. Dhee Ayn is a big village located in the Tihamah Zahran. It is a 400 years old stone settlement that was built on top of a marble hill is 24 km south of Al Baha along Al Aqabah road. It is distinguished for its numerous white stone. It is also known as marble village. This village is famous for its high-quality craft products. This landscape is surrounded by palm groves, banana, vegetable and herbal plantations, a permanent stream, and natural wilderness. Constructed by shale slabs, slates and rarely of marble pieces, this huge construction is a marvelous art of creation. Dhee Ayn or, as it is also known, Aqabat al-Baha, is visible for several kilometers as one approaches the village. Even from a distance, the place can easily be located by the white glow it surrounds. This village has a number of small houses and mosques. The houses have anywhere from two to seven floors. There are a small park and car parking area beside the village. The off-white marble hill and grayish black stone structures provide a high contrasting image during the early morning (with rising sun) and evening (by the setting sun). Even the road that leads to the village is impressive, and several historical stone and slate towers dot the way. Al-Bahah Province is known as the region of 1001 towers, once built to protect villages, roads, and plantations from other tribes. The marble village is a true symbol of creativity. Almost all provinces you visit in the Kingdom has its own architectural characteristics in the very near past. That’s what makes Saudi Arabia very distinct! Nearest airport: King Saud Bin Abdulaziz Airport, Aqiq (20.294016, 41.640028), which is 69.8 KM away from the Dhee Ayn Village. . . تقع هذه القرية الكبيرة على بعد 24 كم جنوب الباحة في قرى تهامة زهران، تضم عدد من البيوت الحجرية التي يصل عمرها إلى 400 عام على قمة تل رخامي، على طول طريق العقبة، حيث يتميز بحجارته البيضاء. هذا البناء الضخم تم بواسطة ألواح من الصخر الزيتي، وبعض القطع الرخامية، ويمثل لوحة فنية فريدة، حيث أن منازل القرية نفسها ليست مصنوعة من الرخام، بل صُنعت من قشور الصخور وصخور الأردواز. تشتهر هذه القرية بالمنتجات الحرفية عالية الجودة. ويحيط بها بساتين النخيل والموز والخضراوات ومزارع الأعشاب وجدول دائم وبراري طبيعية، وتحتوي أيضاً على عدد من المنازل الصغيرة التي عادة ما تتكون من طابقين، وحتى سبعة طوابق، بالإضافة إلى المساجد، كما يوجد حديقة صغيرة وتتوفر مواقف للسيارات بجوار القرية. . . أقرب مطار: مطار الملك سعود بن عبد العزيز، الباحة، والذي يبعد بـ٦٩.٨ كم عن قرية ذي عين.

Location Category:

  • HOUSES - Period Homes / Historic;
  • LANDSCAPES - Mountains / Valleys

Location Address


Al-Makhwat - المخواة, Al-Bahah
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Saudi Film Council
General Culture Authority Office
Building No. WH14, 4th Floor
Al Ra’idah Digital City, Riyadh City 12382
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