Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)' has mentioned 'Pilgrimage' in the following places:
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[40] It was part of a series of fortifications built to protect the pilgrimage route to Mecca. | WIKI |
[21][37] This continued until the 20th century, when the Hejaz Railway that passed through the site was constructed (1901xe2x80x9308) on the orders of Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II to link Damascus and Jerusalem in the north-west with Medina and Mecca,[21][37] hence facilitating the pilgrimage journey to the latter and to politically and economically consolidate the Ottoman administration of the centers of Islamic faith. | WIKI |
Although the Nabataean city was abandoned during the pre-Islamic period, the route continued to play its international role for caravans and then for the pilgrimage to Mecca, up to its modernisation by the construction of the railway at the start of the 20th century. | UNESCO |