In the olden days, Jeddah was a small fishing village built along the Red Sea. There were three different roads leading to the city, from the north, south, and east - and the Red Sea borders Jeddah to the west. Jeddah was surrounded and protected by a large wall which encompassed the whole city, except where the sea was. The three roads to Jeddah had large gates through which people entered or departed the city.
Shortly after oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938, Jeddah began to grow much more rapidly and eventually its walls had to be torn down because of Jeddah's expansion. Now modern Jeddah has several replicated gates around the city as reminders of the past.
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2 comments:
That is a neat touch.
Beautiful photo, sorry that you could not link it. I tried to do it myself and linky was being stubborn for me as well.
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