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Visit Baraqish, Yemen
Baraqish or Barakish are town ruins in northwestern Yemen. It was known to the Greeks and Romans as Athlula (or Athrula), from the ancient Sabaean YTL. A Roman army passed through it during the 20s B.C., under the command of Aelius Gallus. The tomb of a Roman cavalryman, P. Cornelius, has been found there. The fortified city wall is 14 meters high and it was made from massive blocks of calcite stone, brought from the neighboring Djebel.
In the past the city had more than fifty towers. Now the best sights are the ruin of the mosque, a ruin of a watchtower on the Incense Route and an Islamic lookout tower.
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