Founded in in the 3rd century BCE during the Sabaean Kingdom), this city on the plains four hours southwest of Sana´a became an important medieval center of Islamic education and culture and is home to historic mosques and traditional architecture, with landmarks including the Rasulid (also known as Al-Qasr) palace of the sultans, the 13th-century Al-Jamali Mosque, and the 8th-century mosque Al-Masjid Al-Kabir (aka the Great Mosque). Today it has a population of around 53,000 - and yes, this too is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, although it´s also listed as "in danger" because of poor upkeep, modern construction, and damage from the civil war.

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