No meio do deserto árido, velado pelo sol impiedoso, crescem os primeiros arranha-céus de argila. Torres com pequenas aberturas, lembrando as torres medievais europeias, cumprindo os critérios de defesa da época.
"Surrounded by a fortified wall, the historic city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on multi-storeyed construction. It represents the most accomplished example of traditional Hadrami urban architecture, both in the grid lay-out of its streets and squares, and in the visual impact of its form rising out of the flood plain of the wadi, due to the height of its mud brick tower houses. These illustrate the key period of Hadrami history from the 16th to the 19th centuries, when local traders developed economic and political prestige through travel and trade abroad.
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Located between two mountains on the edge of a giant flood wadi and almost completely isolated from any other urban settlement, Shibam and its setting preserve the last surviving and comprehensive evidence of a traditional society that has adapted to the precarious life of a spate agriculture environment. It is vulnerable to social and economic change and the constant threat of annual flood incursions."*
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-old-city-of-shibam-aereal-view-img16788-%C2%A9-aga-khan-trust-for-culture-%E2%80%93-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-courtesy-of-architect-anne-de-henning-photographer/hgET9szWm0jcxQ
*http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/192/
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Fonte:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-old-city-of-shibam-aereal-view-img16788-%C2%A9-aga-khan-trust-for-culture-%E2%80%93-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-courtesy-of-architect-anne-de-henning-photographer/hgET9szWm0jcxQ
*http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/192/
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