The almost square photo shows what looks like two buildings that share a middle wall. The first building is near the right side of the photo with the second building almost to the far left of the photo. The photo was taken at an angle so the second building looks smaller than the first. Both buildings are the same color as the hard desert ground it is built on, a tan color with a bit of pink, because the building was made with bricks made from the surrounding sand. The first building has a door in the middle with two small rectangular windows on the right hand side and one small rectangular window on the left hand side of the door. The door and all windows are covered with a decorative metal grating. The roof must have been flat or it did not have one, you cannot see a roof now. The area where the roof would have started is flat and a raised three sided rectangle shape is directly above the door. There are four pipes, perhaps two feet long, sticking out of the building that appear to have been used for drainage. The height of the pipes is a foot or so above the door. There are four decorative squares evenly placed near the roof line. The second building is much small and you can see a door with walls to the right and left.


An Abandoned Home

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This building in Dir'iyah, Saudi Arabia may have been inhabited until 1970.

Photo Submitted by: Randy Leonard

This photograph is part of the Tour Saudi Arabia Photo Gallery
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