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| Photographer |
Khaled Mursi Hammoud {K:52306}
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| Project |
#50 Alternate Perspective
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Camera Model |
Canon Digital IXUS 960 IS
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| Categories |
Travel
Cityscape
Alternative Process
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Lens |
Fixed Lens
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| Uploaded |
4/24/2008 |
Film / Memory Type |
SanDisk 2 GB
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| Views |
81 |
Shutter |
1/100 sec
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| Favorites |
0
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Aperture |
f/3.5 |
| Critiques |
4 |
Rating |
Pending
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| Location |
City - Sanaa
State -
Country - Yemen
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| About |
This photo was captured from Dar Al-Hajar palace.
Dar Al-Hajar; The Rock Palace; stands atop a protruding rock formation in Wadi Dhahr, a fertile and pleasant valley of small villages and clay-walled orchards. Pictured in many books about Yemen, it has become a symbol of the country itself.
Dar Al-Hajar is located at the western suburbs of Sana'a in the famous Dhahr valley, and is truly a Yemeni architectural wonder. The palace represents architectural excellence and shows how people cope with nature and turn its complications into man-made monuments. All this unfolds to whoever visits Wadi Dhahr; on an overlooking mountain peak, one can see a huge palace built on top of a rock in the heart of the valley which is surrounded by fruit trees.
Although built as a palace and not as a primarily military structure, the vertical sides of the rock on which it sits mean that any asssault on the dar al-hajar would have been far from easy. The palace also has its own water supply from deep below the rock and could therefore have easily withstood a siege.
You can see a photo of the palace in the comment below...
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