3348 x 5020 px | 28,3 x 42,5 cm | 11,2 x 16,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
24 gennaio 2023
Ubicazione:
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Altre informazioni:
Nasseef House or Nassif House is a historical structure in Al-Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As of 2009, it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.. The construction of Nasseef House on old Jeddah's main street, Suq al-Alawi, began in 1872 and it was finished by 1881 for Omar Nasseef Efendi, member of a wealthy merchant family and, governor of Jeddah at the time. When Abdulaziz Ibn Saud entered the city in December 1925, after the siege of Jeddah, he stayed in the Bayt Nasseef. During his early stays in the city, he used it as a royal residence and received guests here. Al-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The Town. Most old houses there date from the 18th-19th centuries, the Ottoman period.
