A souvenir masterpiece is a miniature model of one of the towers of Al Zubarah Castle in the State of Qatar, and the added value of this masterpiece is the possibility of using it as a holder for pens or a container to collect coins or any other small things. In the Gulf region during the eighteenth century.
Al-Zubarah archaeological site joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2013, and this event is the first inclusion of a Qatari archaeological site in an international register that includes more than 900 natural and cultural sites around the world.
The listed site consists of three main parts, the largest and most exceptional of which are the archaeological remains of the city, dating back to 1760 CE. As for Merere Castle, it is an interconnected settlement in the first city of Zubara, fortified in order to protect the inner wells of the city. While the Zubarah castle, which was built in 1938 AD, is the most recent and prominent of these elements on the site, and today it has turned into a visitor center that tells the story of the former city and its surrounding environment.
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