Old Building at Al Wakra Beach Port Historic architecture

Historic architecture can be seen almost everywhere in alwakra city and especially in its old areas and it is captured in mosques, old homes and harbour. One of the main and old mosques in al wakra, is Al Wakra Grand Mosque. There is also Al wakra castle or fort which was built above the ruins of an older castle. It has two round towers and was used in the past as a police office. 

It dates back to the 20th century. In addition, the house of Sheikh Ghanim Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is considered to be a significant architectural landmark on the beach. This building consists of two floors and windows are decorated in special shapes. It was restored in 2004 by the direction of Restoration Departments of Qatar Museums Authority




Old mosque in wakra port


Wall texture 



window of Old house