Fort Al-Ghwayzi

Fort Al-Ghwayzi
حِصْن ٱلْغوَيْزِي
Mukalla, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen
The fort in 2021
Coordinates14°33′30″N 49°08′11″E / 14.55838°N 49.13646°E / 14.55838; 49.13646
Typerock castle
Site information
ConditionIntact, in danger due to negligence
Site history
Built1716[1]
Materialsstones, bricks, palm trunks, plasters

Fort Al-Ghwayzi (Arabic: حِصْن ٱلْغوَيْزِي, romanizedḤiṣn Al-Ghwayzī), or "Al-Waizi Fortress",[2] is one of the old fortresses in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut Governorate in Yemen. It is considered an architectural masterpiece built on the foot of a rock designed to protect the city from Bedouin attacks.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b حصن الغويزي بمكلا حضرموت تحفة معمارية بديعة
  2. ^ McLaughlin, Daniel (2008). "10: Southeast Yemen". Yemen. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 191–198. ISBN 978-1-8416-2212-5.
  3. ^ حصن الغويزي بالمكلا

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