Sana'a as a Name

Sana'a was called by ancient Yemenites capital of Yemen and the Metropolis of "Arabia Felix" by the Romans. It said that is was founded by Shem, the son of Noah and hence used to be called Sam City or Azal a Grandson of Shem.  

Location and Historical Significance

 Sana'a lies on top of the midland heights plateau, bounded to the west by mount Ayban , to the east mount Naqum , Hiziaz to the south, Hadda to the Southwest, Rawda and Wadi Dahr to the north and northwest. It lies between latitudes 15-21 and 12-44 longitude. It is 2400 meters above sea level

Climate

Moderate in summer and cold in winter its annual temperature average is 20-celsius.

It has a breezy air through the year and is always washed by the sun.

Sana'a is one of the oldest living cities in the world.

Sana'a A renewed history

Since Thousands of years, now Sana'a as an ancient city still maintains its architectural heritage until this day with its gardens despite its being subjects to havoc keeps its customs and traditions until this very and recovered from each disaster stronger.

Artistic Sana'a

Walking down one of its lanes you shall surely come face to face with history and the odors of the pas looking at the embellished Qamariyas and the reflection of architecture, the market and spices make you feel in a living museum and a real time capsule.

Social life and Traditions

Sana'a is fill traditional heritage with us various costumes and variety customs in addition to its unique folklore and music as well as cuisine.

Thousands of Souvenirs:

Sana'a is characterized by its ancient markets, where there is a separate market for each commodity such as Salt Market, Gold Market, Silver or Mokhlas Market, Copper Market, Iron Smith Market, Foods Market, Raisins.etc. there you shall notice the hustle and bustle of the outgoing and incoming clients having different colors and a variety of sounds, small lanes and narrow shops where you can have many souvenirs.

 Yemeni Agate Manufacturing (Bab Al-Yemen)

Agate Manufacture is one of the handicrafts of the old city of Sana'a and finds local and external demand due to the unique find of its raw material in the country,. It is used to adorn belts, jewelries and rings etc.. let alone its having some religious demand by certain Muslim Sects outside Yemen such as the twelfthists in KSA, Bahrain , Iraq and Iran .

Sana'a Wall and it Gates:

Prior to the revolution of Yemen , the city used to have wall with seven gates. Unfortunately, now remnants of that wall are available only in Bab Al-Yemen and parts of the northern wall.

The city gates were:

Bab AL-Yemen, Bab Shiuob,  Bab AL-Sabah,  Bab Sitran / Alcasr, Bab Alshakadiff, Bab Arom, Bab Khozima (for Funerals).

Buildings:

Sana'a Buildings characterize Sana'a with their multistory and unique architecture, the ground floor is used for storage. The first floor is used for occasions, the second for women and children while the higher ones are used by men, while the last floor is built in a rectangular manner with low wide windows in order to see the surroundings.

Traditional Bathe:

Sana'a is famous for its vapor bathe which date back to the prismatic era, the mast important of which is Al-Maidan Traditional Vapor Bath which is characterized by its beautiful architecture and was built by the Ottoman Vali Hassan Pasha in 1597AD while Saba and Yasser date back to the preislamic era.

Ghomdan Palace :

This ancient palace was a miraculous structure and was built by King Eli Sharah Yahsub; it consisted of twenty floors, the last of which was built out of colored alabaster