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Historical Heritage

Historical Sites

446 documented sites across the Arabian Peninsula

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Al-Tuwair Palace, Sakaka

Sakaka — Al-Jawf Region — Saudi Arabia

Al-Tuwair Palace in Sakaka belongs to al-Jouf’s palace–fort landscape on northern trade paths — fuller detail still being assembled.

Palace / fortress

Luqman Fort, Farasan

Saudi Arabia

Luqman Fort on Farasan Island reflects the islands’ defensive and Ottoman-era coastal heritage in the Red Sea.

Local heritage

Al-Rifai House, Farasan

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Saudi Arabia

Al-Rifai House on Farasan was built by a pearl merchant — gypsum ornament and Indian-influenced coastal style.

Religious

Al-Najdi Mosque, Farasan

Saudi Arabia

Al-Najdi Mosque on Farasan is among the island’s oldest — eastern decorative influences from pearl-trade voyages.

Battlefield

Al Mulayda

Buraydah — Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

Al Mulayda — a battlefield in Buraydah.

Local heritage

Rawdat Muhanna

Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

Rawdat Muhanna — a local heritage in Saudi Arabia.

Old village / city

Al Bukayriyah

Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

Al Bukayriyah — a old village / city in Saudi Arabia.

Pre-Islamic

Harrat Khaybar

Khaybar — Madinah Region — Saudi Arabia

One of the largest volcanic fields in Saudi Arabia, covering more than fourteen thousand square kilometers northeast of Medina, home to the kingdom's highest volcano Jabal al-Abyad at 2,093 meters and more than nine hundred mysterious prehistoric stone gates.

Palace / fortress

Murabba Palace

Riyadh — Riyadh Region — Saudi Arabia

Murabba Palace, built by King Abdulaziz outside Old Riyadh’s walls, signals the move of rule into a new urban frame.

Hajj route

Tabuk Hejaz Railway Station

Tabuk — Tabuk Region — Saudi Arabia

Tabuk’s Hejaz Railway station preserves Ottoman stone buildings, water and maintenance facilities for pilgrim trains.

Archaeological

Thāj

Jubail — Eastern Region — Saudi Arabia

A walled Hellenistic city in eastern Arabia — the largest pre-Islamic archaeological site in the region, linked by scholars to the lost city of Gerrha.

Palace / fortress

Al-Qishlah Palace

Hail — Hail Region — Saudi Arabia

A large two-story mud-brick fortress in central Hail built around 1941 CE in the reign of King Abdulaziz as a barracks and arms depot, later a prison, and now a major heritage landmark.