Dar al-Hajar: The Palace Built on A Rock Spire

Dar al-Hajar, sometimes referred to as the ”Stone Palace”, is the former royal residence of Imam Yahya, the spiritual leader of Yemen from 1904 to 1948. The palace was built in the 1920s and stands atop another building constructed for the scholar al-Imam Mansour in 1786. The palace is located in the Wadi Dhar valley which is about 15 km away from Sana’a and it is built on a natural rock spire.
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