Thula is one of five towns in Yemen on the tentative UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. Dating to the Himyarite period, the town is very well-preserved and includes traditional houses and mosques.

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO

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 World Heritage Tentative List on July 8th, 2002, in the Cultural category.