Sana'a Wall and Gates

Prior to the revolution of Yemen, the city used to have a wall with seven gates. Unfor-tunately, now remnants of that wall are available only in Bab Al-Yemen and parts of the northern wall.

The city gates were:
Bab Al-Yemen.
Bab Shiuob.
Bab Al-Sabah.
Bab Sitran / Alcasr.
Bab Alshakadiff.
Bab Alorm.
Bab Khozaima(for funerals).

Towers and Mosques: A tower: locally called "Nowbah" is a cylindrical building made of mud, integrated within a wall and serves as a sentinel and many of old Sana'a.
Al-Sarha: A courtyard of different forms used for occasions and celebrations there almost 20 of the kind in the old city.
Mosques: Old Sana'a used to contain 100 mosques some of which date back to the first Hegira decade. Now, remaining mosques count forty, the important of which is the Islamic architectural wonders. It was built during the sixth Hegira year by Wabar Bin Yahnas Al-Ansari by the order of prophet Mohammed and contains rare scrolls and manuscripts.
Buildings: Sana'a Buildings characterize Sana'a with their multi-storey and unique architecture, the ground floor is used for storage. Then first floor is used for occasions, the second for women and children while the higher ones are used by men, while the last floor is built in rectangular manner with low wide windows in order to see the surroundings.
Traditional Baths: Sana'a is famous for its vapor baths which date back to the preislamic era, the most important of which Al-Maidan Traditional Vapor Bath which is characterized by its beautiful architecture and was built by its Ottoman Vali Hassan Pasha in 1597 AD while Saba and Yasser date back to the preislamic era.
Ghamdan Palace: This ancient palace was a miraculous structure and was built by King Eli Sharh Yahsub; it consisted of twenty floors, the last of which was built out of colored alabaster.
Sana'a Cathebral: Yemeni Christians asked for help against Yemeni Jews and were assisted by Ethiopia, whose last ruler of Yemen was Abraha. He built a church in Jerusalem.
Badhan Tomb: Yemeni Jews asked for Persian assistance in order to evict the pro- Roman Ethiopians. Therefore, Persians sent an Army and kicked the Ethiopians out.
The last Persian Ruler of Yemen was named Badhan. He converted together with his fellow Persians who were yemenized. His tomb is located in Homaidi Quarter inside a small dome.