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Sanaa (Arabic: صَنْعَاء, Ṣanʿāʾ [sˤɑnʕaːʔ], Yemeni Arabic: [ˈsˤɑnʕɑ]; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 Ṣnʿw), also spelled Sana'a and Sana, is the capital and largest city of Yemen and the capital of the Sanaa Governorate.
Jun 16, 2024 · Sanaa, city, capital of Yemen. It is situated at the western foot of Mount Nuqum, at an elevation of more than 7,200 feet (2,200 metres) above sea level, in the western part of the country. Sanaa has for many centuries been the chief economic, political, and religious centre of the Yemen Highlands. The city’s name means “fortified place.”
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Learn about the history, architecture and culture of Sana'a, a 2,500-year-old city in Yemen that was a major centre for the spread of Islam. See photos, maps and documents of the Old City of Sana'a, a World Heritage site with outstanding universal value.
Aug 20, 2023 · 20 Aug 2023. Doaa al-Waseai remembers being a tour guide in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, spending days walking around and showing people hidden hammams and markets teeming with...
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Oct 29, 2019 · SANAA is a firm founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, who won the Pritzker Prize in 2010. Their works, such as the Louvre-Lens Museum and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, feature white, light and transparent spaces that explore the phenomenal properties of architecture.
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Dec 7, 2022 · Pritzker Prize-winning architecture studio SANAA has unveiled its design for an extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, which is currently under construction in Sydney. More.
Sep 5, 2020 · You will often hear about Yemen on television, but for all the wrong reasons. The Arab Peninsula’s poorest country is one of the region’s richest in history and heritage and home to some of ...
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