Archinect - News 2024-05-03T07:48:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/103716754/the-architecture-of-al-medina-al-munawwarah The Architecture of al-Medina Al-Munawwarah Nicholas Korody 2014-07-08T17:03:00-04:00 >2014-07-16T18:43:33-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xj/xjbrqz3gzmmafmmv.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>This report explores the historical castles and fortresses in Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s al-Medina Al-Munawwarah, the Islamic faith&rsquo;s second holy city. Al-Medina holds Prophet Mohammad&rsquo;s Mosque and is 450 kilometers north of Makkah. Al Arabiya&rsquo;s correspondent Khamis Al-Zahrani went on a mission to explore the city and discussed how urban expansions are posing a threat to its unique architecture.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>