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Standing majestically amongst old dilapidated houses is Beit Nassif , a house built in the 1870s by Nassif family, one of Jeddah’s oldest & most respected merchant clans, it was home to 100 members of the family & their staff. The building has four storeys at the front & seven at the back, & until the 1970s it was the tallest building in Jeddah. no wonder it dwarfed all the building around it. King Abdulaziz requisitioned the house in 1925 while his palace was being constructed – hence the name of its location, King Abdul Historical Square. The King & his army were welcomed here by the people of Jeddah on 23 September 1924, celebrated every year since as National Day. The flag post that stands in the centre of the Square was discovered in a centuries' old Government warehouse on the edge of the city, used for storing food and ammunition and is thought to date from the end of the 7th Century H/13th Century AD. The cannons that stand sentry, were rescued by the Jeddah Historical Area Preservation Department JHAPD from their rather ignominious role of traffic bollards near Bab Sharif. The model and bore of the cannons suggests they were left behind by the retreating Portuguese back in the 16th Century AD. Now government bought the house & converted it into a museum, now housing an interesting cultural & heritage exhibition. Open Saturday-Thursday, 0900-1300. Admission free. Though its stated that you need to get permission to take photograph , a snap or two doesnt really hurt ! But if you wanna feel more comfortable ...go ahead see my next tip. Leave a Comment Address: Downtown JiddahDirections: Halfway up Al Alawi St on the right.
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Centers in the City The scheme receives 2000 male and female students and visitors during twelve hours a day in different types of sciences, knowledge and museums. The information deals with the history of Arabian Peninsula since 2.500.000 years till the end of this century. This project is considered one of the largest schemes of the like worldwide. There are wings for jewellery, for national light industries and different centers on international arts units. Leave a Comment
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Centers in the City are Specialized in: 1. Heritage craftsmanship (pottery, engraving on plates, basket manufacturing, heritage textile and spinning, designing of clay, tin inscription, dried flowers, manufacturing of paper toys etc). 2. Fine arts (oil painting, coal, pastel, drawing on glass, fiber, water painting, painting on canvas. 3. Elements of Arabic scripts (Rigaa, Naskh, Kofi, Thoth, Diwani, Persian and Al-Ijaza) 4. Talents labs (In the following subjects): (earth, seas, plant, animals, man, medicine, pharmacology, electronics, metals melting, carpentry, fine arts, photographing, home arrangement and order, computer, public culture, astronomy, literature, sports, modern languages, social activities, economics, agronomy and rhetoric). 5. Health: (General clinic for men, a clinic for women and children, ENT, dental clinic, optics, emergency, Analytic tests and pharmacy. 6. Khan of AL Khalil (Cassettes and books in Qur'an sciences, heritage swords and guns, pottery, rings, handmade carpets, works of art, bedwin jewellery, bidwin clothes, coins and currencies, stamps, medals, old scripts and pictures and other antiquities. 7. Centers for computer sciences and languages. 8. Ladies beauty parlour. 9. Different scientific centers which concern male and female with academic libraries in different universal sciences. A. The Project started in 1978 A.D. B. 50% completion of the project and partial operation in 1994 A.D. C. The total completion and operation in 1996. Leave a Comment
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