Qalhat


Mausoleo Aunt Maryam

The old town of Qalhat, or Galhat, is located about 20 km north of Sur, in the al-Sharqiyya Region, in the northeast of Oman.

Of the over 240,000-square-foot extension of the ancient city, the only remnants preserved to date are those of the Bibi Maryam Mausoleum, which is part of Oman's UNESCO List of Proposals since July 4, 1988. < / p>

Marco Polo visited her on a journey, describing it as a great and noble city in the book The Million, which refers to it under the name of Calatu. Notemodify wikitesto

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