Friday, January 19, 2007

Dubai Heritage Village


Dubai Heritage Village is constructed around an old settlement and is a recreation of a traditional style mountain village set in an oasis. The Dubai Heritage Village helps you discover the old world charm of barasti or palm leaves and mud houses. There's a large central fort and tower which overlooks the Dubai Heritage Village.

There are several outdoor meeting places and resting areas in Heritage Village known as Al Hadeera also known as Al Barza in local language of Heritage Village .

Heritage Village of Dubai is mainly Focusing on the Emirate's past maritime, pearl diving traditions and architecture, the village guide offers you storybook that display some past picture of heritage of Dubai including a tented Bedouin village, ancient armory, wooden chests and cooking utensils .

In the Dubai Heritage Village there are all traditional houses in the Hatta style, showing a majlis, store, kitchen master bedroom and children's room. Hatta Village or Dubai Heritage Village is overlooked by two round towers, the Southern and Northern Towers of the Heritage Village are protect the city from external attacks. These towers of the Village were built in the 1880s, When Shaikh Hasher bin Maktoum bin Butti was the Ruler of the Dubai.

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