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The Dar al-Hajar ( ar, دار الحجر, "Stone House" or "Rock Palace") is a former royal palace located in
The Dar al-Hajar ( ar, دار الحجر, "Stone House" or "Rock Palace") is a former royal palace located in Wadi Dhar
Wadi Zahr ( ar, وادي ظهر ), also spelled Wadi Dahr ( ar, وادي ضهر ), is a wadi
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to ...
about from Sana‘a
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...
, Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
. Built in the 1920s as the summer retreat of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
, succession1 = King of Yemen
, succession2 = Imam of Yemen
, image = Imam yahya cropped.png
, image_size =
, caption = Portrait of Yahya by Ameen Rihani, 1922. Imam Yahya steadfastly refused to be photographed thro ...
, ruler of Yemen from 1904 to 1948, it sits on top of a structure built in 1786 for the scholar al-Imam Mansour. The palace stayed in the royal family until the Yemen revolution of 1962. The palace is now a museum. In 1974, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...
used the palace as the home of Princess Dunya in his film '' The Arabian Nights.''
See also
*Dar al-Bashair
Dar al-Bashair is a royal palace located in the Bir al-Azab district of Sana'a, Yemen.
It was the residence of King Muhammad al-Badr. On September 26, 1962, the commander of the royal guard Abdullah al-Sallal staged a coup and had the palace she ...
* Dar as-Sa'd
Dar as-Sa'd (House of Happiness), also written ''Dar Al-Sada '', is a royal palace located in Sana'a, Yemen. It is located near Qubbat al-Mutawakkil Mosque dome in Tahrir Square in the city centre.
Today it houses the National Museum of Yemen.
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* Dar al-Shukr
Dar al-Shukr (House of Gratefulness) is a royal palace located in Sana'a, Yemen. It is located near Qubbat al-Mutawakkil Mosque dome in Tahrir Square in the city centre.
After the fall of the monarchy in the 1960s, it housed the National Museum ...
References
External links
* Palaces in Yemen Yemeni monarchy {{Yemen-struct-stub