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Description
Property Name : Quba Castle / Fort Banu Qaynuqah
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province : Madinah
Town: Madinah
Geographic coordinates: 21°54’58.81″ N 39°20’24.00″ E
Historic Period: 18th century
Year of Construction: Unknown
Style: Ottoman
Original Use : Fortress / Castle
Current Use : Touristic
Architect: Unknown
Significance
An Ottoman castle was built about 200 years ago. It is located on a high plateau near the Quba Mosque, with an area of about 1,600 square meters. It has a historical, heritage and archaeological importance. It has been restored and open for tourism.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappearedState of Preservation
Well preserved
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage