{"id":34991,"date":"2022-03-22T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T08:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=34991"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T08:03:45","slug":"a-lost-500-year-old-fortress-has-been-rediscovered-in-jeddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/a-lost-500-year-old-fortress-has-been-rediscovered-in-jeddah\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lost 500-Year-Old Fortress Has Been Rediscovered In Jeddah!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jeddah is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Arabia and the city keeps literally throwing up blasts from the past. But a new find is perhaps one of the most significant ones yet.<\/p>\n
During a demolition drive in the Al Balad area, the authorities stumbled upon a fortress that was buried underground. Further excavations carried out immediately after showed that this was the Al-Shouna Fortress.<\/p>\n