Shahara is located 90 km to the northeast of Amran governorate of Yemen. It can be reached through the city of Houth. Shahara is the administrative centre of the district that is divided administratively into two districts (Shahara and Al-Madan). The city is located on the converging mountains; the eastern and the western known as (Shaharat Al-Feish) and (Shaharat Al-Amir), each is 3000 metres above sea level. The two mountains are connected by a foot bridge that was built across the ravine separating them. Travelling between the two mountains used to require a lot of time and effort due to the rough roads and precipitous terrain. The bridge was built in 1323 A.H, 1905 AD during the Imam Yahia Bin Hameededdein’s regime (of the Ottoman Turkish period?). The Shahara bridge is considered to be one of the important Yemeni architectural innovations with the existence of a paved stone road in the western mountain starting from at the bridge and travelling upwards.
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