Agricultural Watchtowers in Al-Tireh Quarter and ‘Ain Qinia Village, Ramallah, Palestine

S. Al-Houdalieh; Shadi Sami Ghadban

DOI:10.1080/15583058.2011.654049

Corpus ID: 110373430

Agricultural Watchtowers in Al-Tireh Quarter and ‘Ain Qinia Village, Ramallah, Palestine

@article{AlHoudalieh2013AgriculturalWI,
  title={Agricultural Watchtowers in Al-Tireh Quarter and ‘Ain Qinia Village, Ramallah, Palestine},
  author={S. Al-Houdalieh and Shadi Sami Ghadban},
  journal={International Journal of Architectural Heritage},
  year={2013},
  volume={7},
  pages={509 - 535}
}

S. Al-Houdalieh, Shadi Sami Ghadban

Published 2013

Engineering

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Al-Tireh quarter and ‘Ain Qinia village on the fringes of the city of Ramallah, Palestine, contains a remarkable variety of watchtower structures that are still standing within their landscape environment. This research project documented 167 watchtowers distributed on an area of approximately 3,000 dunums (1 dunum is 1000 m2). Their deteriorating state is quite alarming, due to several factors, mainly the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, the rapid modernization of the Palestinian community… CONTINUE READING

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