KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE – GUIDE TO HERITAGE SITES IN QATAR TAKING QM BEYOND THE WALLS TAKING QM BEYOND THE WALLS – – INTRODUCTION CONTENT From Bronze age settlements to medieval palaces, 19th century forts, villages, Heritage SITES Location MAP 7 towers and mosques, the Qatar Museums team excavates, restores, protects and promotes heritage sites of Qatar that flourished long ago. We put local communities, Archaeological Heritage 9 young and old, in touch with their past, reminding them of the skills, wisdom and the AL ZubaRAH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE 10 struggles of their ancestors. FREIHA 16 RuwaYda 18 Our goals are to dig into the past and discover its traces, to protect heritage sites and safeguard them for future generations, and to develop them in order to attract MURwab 20 visitors and educate them about Qatar’s rich culture and history. Architectural Heritage 23 BARZAN TowERS 24 AL KHOR TowERS 28 THE WELL OF AIN HLEEtaN 30 OLD PALacE IN DOHA 32 AL REKAYat FORT 36 AL THAGHAB FORT 38 AL JUMAIL VILLAGE 40 Cultural AND natural heritage 43 AL JassasIYA Rock CARVING SITE 44 JAZIRat BIN GHANNAM 48 RAS ABROUQ, ZEKREET FORT AND 50 East-WEst/WEst-East BY RICHARD SERRA For general inquiries please contact QM Cultural Tourism Unit: OTHER Information 55 THINGS to havE IN MIND WHEN VISITING 56 Division of Cultural Heritage Cultural Tourism Unit
[email protected] +974 4402 8305 School visit to Al Zubarah Fort OTHER INFORMATION – LOCATION MAP 4 5 TAKING QM BEYOND THE WALLS HERITAGE SITES LOCATION – – LEGEND LOCATION MAP AL RUWAIS PARKING Road