Wadi Dhar / Rock Palace Dar al-Hajjar

Wadi Dhar with its famous Rock Palace Dar al-Hajjar, in the surroundings of Sana'a (15km to the north-west of Sana'a).
































the Rock Palace Dar al-Hajjar itself.

it is the former palace of the imam, built in 1786 under imam Al-Mansour Ali Bin al-Mahdi Abbas and enlarged by imam Yahya Hamid ad-Din around 1930. the Rock Palace served as the summer residence of the imam. this is also where he met tribe members in cases of conflict.

the palace includes 5 floors and 17 rooms.









































view from the Rock Palace.
















village in the vicinity of the Rock Palace.