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ArchNet Place ID AP00677
Variant Names Sanaa, Sana'a', San'a
Province Sana'a Governorate
Country Yemen
Latitude 15 24 N
Longitude 44 14 E
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Associated sites
Site Date Century Images
Al-Sabahi Residence 1998 20th 7
Al-Saleh Mosque 2008 21 26
Alguraf Housing 1991 20th 5
Asser Housing 1991 20th 3
Bayt al-Belayli 17th c./11th c. AH, expanded 1904/1321-1322 AH 17, 20 2
Beit al-Mansour 1988 19th, 20th 8
Beit Sari Restoration 14th c., restored 1990 14th, 20th 21
Besse Residence 1973 20th 2
British Embassy 2007 21 24
Central Bank of Yemen 1980 20th 6
Dar al-Dhiyafah 1976 20th 4
Dar al-Hajjar Restoration 17th c., restored 1997 17th, 20th 19
Dar al-Hammam Restoration 14th c., restored 1993 14th, 20th 13
Embassy of the United States of America 1979 20th 0
Faculty of Engineering 1984 20th 7
Faculty of Medicine Housing 1993 20th 3
International School 1977 20th 6
Jami' al-Bakiriyya 1597/1004 AH; restored 1872/1288-1289 AH 16, 19 9
Jami' al-Kabir 627/6 AH, rebuilt 705-715/86-96 AH, restored 1130/524-525 AH, restoration ongoing since 2003/1423 AH 7th, 8th, 12th, 21 40
Mansour Caravanserai 1993 19th, 20th 3
Masjid Salah al-Din 1391/793 AH, minaret 16th c./10th c. AH 13th, 16 7
Matbah Housing 1991 20th 4
Ministry of Public Works 1979 20th 5
Multi-purpose Center 1989 20th 10
Nobah 19th c./13th c. AH 19 5
Nuhas Caravanserai 3
Old Sana'a Conservation 14th-19th c., conservation 1987 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th 33
People's Constituent Assembly 1981 20th 3
Qasr al-Silah 871-872/258 AH, rebuilt 19th c./13th-14th c. AH 9th, 19 7
Qubbat Talhah 1619-1620/1029 AH; mosque renovated 1831-1832/1247 AH 17, 19 10
Samsarat al-Shuma 2011 21 0
Sana'a University Central Building 1990 20th 4
Sana'a University Faculty of Medicine 1993 20th 6
Sana'a University Main Library 1981 20th 4
Women's Technical School 1988 17th, 20th 15

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Varanda, Fernando The Art of Building 1994
Varanda, Fernando The Building Trade: Builders, Contractors and Designers & Materials 1994
Varanda, Fernando The Building Trade: Images I 1994
Varanda, Fernando The Building Trade: New Typologies & Formal Components 1994
Varanda, Fernando Conclusion 1994
Varanda, Fernando Conservation 1994
Davidson, Cynthia C Conservation of Old Sana'a 1995
Khoury, Nuha N The Dome of the Rock, the Ka'ba, and Ghumdan: Arab Myths and Umayyad Monuments 1993
Varanda, Fernando Foreword 1994
Varanda, Fernando The House 1994
Varanda, Fernando The House: Images I 1994
Varanda, Fernando Introduction: Images II 1994
Varanda, Fernando Introduction: Images III 1994
Varanda, Fernando Introduction: Location & Comprehensive Historic Periods 1994
Varanda, Fernando Introduction: Physical Background 1994
Galdieri, Eugenio. La rénovation du centre historique de Sana'a (Yemen): enjeux, risques, résultats 1999
Varanda, Fernando The Land 1994
Varanda, Fernando The Land: Images 1994
Lewcock, Robert The Old City of Sana'a 1983
Smith, Patty The Old City of Sana'a 1986
Adams, Robert K The Sana'a Urban Development Society: The Cast of Yemen 1983
Varanda, Fernando Shelter and Settlement: Elementary Needs 1994
Varanda, Fernando Shelter and Settlement: Images I 1994
Varanda, Fernando Shelter and Settlement: Images II 1994
Varanda, Fernando Shelter and Settlement: Settling Strategies 1994
Varanda, Fernando Shelter and Settlement: Urban Form 1994
Varanda, Fernando Tradition and Change in the Built Space of Yemen 1994
Costa, Paolo Urban Settlements in the Arabian Peninsula: Problems of Methodology and History 1999
Varanda, Fernando Urbanization: Expansion & Urban Image and Urban Problems 1994
Varanda, Fernando Urbanization: Planning & Mass Actions 1994
Serageldin, Ismail and Ronald Lewcock Workshop 2: Conservation of the Old City of Sanaa 1983

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