Bahla Fort

Bahla Fort is one in every of 4 historic fortresses located on the foot of the Jebel Akhdar highlands in Oman and the usa's only UNESCO-listed citadel introduced in 1987. The fort underwent huge healing efforts and reopened in 2012. However, the complicated lacks in visitor facts. There are no exhibits or brochures available to research greater approximately this large area or publications handy to offer further information so that you have to either cross on a tour or discover on your very own.

The citadel is believed to were constructed between the twelfth and 15th century through the Banu Nebhan tribe who inhabited the place at the time and had been recognized for controlling the trade of frankincense at the time. As a part of the complicated, there is additionally a citadel oasis adjoining to the fortress and an historical wall spanning 13 kilometres part of which can be still status. The majority of the oasis is in ruins but the shape and a number of the houses still stand. As the fort became constructed with bricks made of mud and straw, erosion broken the structure till rehabilitation efforts have been released. There are a number of legends surrounding the fortress.