Shaharah

'Amran Governorate · Yemen

Shaharah, Yemen
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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autumn
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A fortified mountain village famed for a slender stone arch bridge spanning a deep gorge between two peaks. Its high stone houses long made it a near-impregnable highland stronghold.

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