Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Old Walled City of Shibam' has mentioned 'Tower' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud brick, and about 500 of them are tower blocks, which rise 5 to 11 storeys high,[14] with each floor having one or two rooms. | WIKI |
| The tall cluster of sun-dried mud brick tower houses of the 16th century walled city of Shibam, which rises out of the cliff edge of Wadi Hadramaut has been described as a 'Manhattan' or 'Chicago' of the desert. | UNESCO |
| The dense layout of Shibam surrounded by contiguous tower houses within the outer walls expressed an urban response to the need for refuge and protection by rival families, as well as their economic and political prestige. | UNESCO |
| While the highly homogenous society traces its roots to Shibam over centuries, the traditional way of life exemplified by the city and its tower houses is threatened by social and economic change. | UNESCO |
| It represents the most accomplished example of traditional Hadrami urban architecture, both in the grid lay-out of its streets and squares, and in the visual impact of its form rising out of the flood plain of the wadi, due to the height of its mud brick tower houses. | UNESCO |