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Image attribution: At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (6) — Radosław Botev, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 pl. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAt-Turaif_District_in_ad-Dir'iyah_(6).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/deed.en . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY 3.0 pl — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/deed.en

World Heritage site

At-Turaif District

A historic district at the heart of Diriyah, built in the mid-eighteenth century CE, seat of the First Saudi State and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2010.

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Image attribution: Inscriptions of Hima mountain1 — Heritage Commission, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AInscriptions_of_Hima_mountain1.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

World Heritage site

Hima Cultural Area

One of the world's largest rock-art complexes, in Thar governorate north of Najran city, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.

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Image attribution: Jabal Al Qara Cave - Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia ജബൽ അൽ ഖാറ ഗുഹ, അൽ ഹസ, സൗദി അറേബ്യ 12 — കാക്കര, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJabal_Al_Qara_Cave_-_Al_Hassa%2C_Saudi_Arabia_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B1_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%2C_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%B8%2C_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF_12.JPG ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

World Heritage site

Al-Ahsa Oasis

The world's largest self-contained oasis according to Guinness World Records, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018 as a cultural landscape of human interaction with the environment.

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