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Diriyah (Arabic: الدرعية), formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya, is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as the capital of the Emirate of Diriyah under the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818. Today, the town is the seat of the Diriyah Governorate, which also includes the villages of Uyayna, Jubayla, and Al-Ammariyyah, among others, and is part of Ar Riyad Province.
The Turaif district in Diriyah was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
The ruins of the old city of Diriyah lay on either side of the narrow valley known as Wadi Hanifa, which continues southwards through Riyadh and beyond. Consisting almost entirely of mud-brick structures, the ruins are divided into three districts, Ghussaibah, Al-Mulaybeed, and Turaif, set on top of hills overlooking the valley. Of the three, Turaif is the highest, and its bottom is easily accessible to tourists by foot. Part of the city wall, running along the edges of the wadi and also made of mud-bricks, are still extant along with some short observation towers.
Saudi Arabia (i/ˌsɔːdiː əˈreɪbiə/, i/ˌsaʊ-/), officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the second-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid inhospitable desert or barren landforms.
The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct regions: Hejaz, Najd, and parts of Eastern Arabia (Al-Ahsa) and Southern Arabia ('Asir). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud. He united the four regions into a single state through a series of conquests beginning in 1902 with the capture of Riyadh, the ancestral home of his family, the House of Saud. The country has since been an absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamic lines. The ultra-conservative Wahhabism religious movement within Sunni Islam has been called "the predominant feature of Saudi culture", with its global spreading largely financed by the oil and gas trade. Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca), and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam. The Kingdom has a total population of 28.7 million, of which 20 million are Saudi nationals and 8 million are foreigners.
It is the first capital of Saudi Arabia: the town of Najad arose from the sands three centuries ago. It fell to the Ottoman Empire's grip after Ibrahim Basha besieged the town with the marching Turkish army. For this, he was awarded Mecca and all that it stands as a prize for sacking al- Diriyah. "After the collapse of the state, Al-Diriyah was neglected and its residents abandoned it. They then lived in a primitive manner until the 1950s," said Emir Sultan Bin Selman. Al-Diriyah fell and rose from the sands three times, and here it is rising again for the fourth time. But this time it is a different rebirth. It is the revival of history not by rewriting its chronicles, but by introducing history as a genuine part of the present. "It is not about restoration, it is a about th...
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Diriyah, formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya, is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as the capital of the Emirate of Diriyah under the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818. Today, the town is the seat of the Diriyah Governorate, which also includes the villages of Uyayna, Jubayla, and Al-Ammariyyah, among others, and is part of Ar Riyad Province.
Al-Diriyah, un símbolo en la historia de Arabia Saudí y un proyecto de restauración que servirá de modelo para su futuro. Fue la capital del primer Estado Saudí. Aquí, en 1744, el primer cabeza de la casa de Saud unió sus fuerzas junto con el líder religioso Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab. Un pacto que fusionó la política y el Islam y convirtió a Al-Diriyah en un centro de poder y conocimiento. Pero en 1818 las fuerzas otomananas sitiaron la ciudad. Sus gobernantes huyeron y crearon una nueva capi… MÁS INFORMACIÓNES: http://es.euronews.com/2014/10/20/al-diriyah-la-cuna-de-una-nacion euronews: el canal de noticias más visto en Europa ¡Abónese! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronewses euronews está disponible en 14 idiomas: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/c...
Family bonding in the old Diriyah under the Wadi Hanifah Development Projects...
This UNESCO world Heritage Site, is extremely damaged through neglect. It is slowly being restored to it's original state. Old Dir'Aiyah is the ancestral home of the al-Sauds and the cradle of Riyadh’s history. Found perched on a hill overlooking Wadi Hanifa in the northwestern outskirts of Riyadh, the area is steeped in ancient history. Once the capital of Riyadh, Old Dir'Aiyah is full of mud houses, walls and ancient palaces which have a tale or two to tell.
Diriyah kenti Suudi Arabistan'ın zengin tarihi ve parlak bir gelecek için başlatılan projenin sembolü haline geldi. Diriyah Suudi Arabistan'ın ilk başkenti. 1744'te Suudi Meclis Başkanı, Dini lider Muhammed bin Abdülvahhab'ın güçlerine katıldı. Bu anlaşma ile beraber İslam ve politika birbirine karışırken, Diriyah güç ve bilgi merkezine dönüştü. Başkaldırının ardından Osmanlı İmparatorluğu 1818'de kenti kuşattı. Yöneticiler kentten kaçarak başkent yapacakları Riyad'a yönelirken, Suudi Arabi… İLGILI HABERLER: http://tr.euronews.com/2014/10/20/diriyah-suudi-kralliginin-dogdugu-kent euronews: Avrupa'nın en çok izlenen haber kanalı. Üye ol! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronewstr euronews şimdi 14 ayrı dilde: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels ...
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Travelling from Jubail/Dammam/Khobar to RIYADH! Then visiting an extreme destination called THE ANCIENT CAMEL TRAIL 1. Enjoy! Life in a Sandbox 382 If you like this video, please give me a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe for more videos - http://bit.ly/YimzVlogs Check out your favorite Filipino YouTubers now! Visit http://www.filipinoyoutubers.com/ PopularOnYouTubePhilippines | Philippines | SupportFilipinoYouTubers ----------Social Media Links---------- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/YIMZTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/yimzwik Instagram: http://instagram.com/yimzvlog/ --------------Support Me--------------- Please like "Philippine Vlogging Community" official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/philippinevlogcommunity Let's support Filipino Vloggers! | SupportF...
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