Alsahareej (Water Tanks) in Al Mukalla

صهاريج عندن تعتبر معلم تاريخي لمدينه عدنوكذلك يعتبر استراحه للزائرينونرحو الحفاظ عليها منبعض باسطي الاراضي حيث نشاهد هناك من يبسط عل اراضي الصهاريج

إن صهاريج عدن تُعدُ من أشهر معالم مدينة عدن منُذ زمن بعيد، ولكنها في الوقت الحاضر أصبحت من الآثار اليمنية. يزورها السُياح والعلماءُ ليقفوا على روعة هذا العمل المعماري الرائع، الذي يدل على حكمة اليمنيين، وحسن تفكيرهم، ومهارتهم في البناء.والذي يدعُو الى التعجب والدهشة هو نظام جمع مياة الامطار من أعالي الجبل إلى الصهاريج!فحينما يهطل المطر تفيض المياهُ على سفح جبل شمسان، وتجري السيول غي مضايق عميقةٍ، ثم تتوجهُ إلى برك كبيرةِ، ولكي تظل الصهاريج نظيفةً، والمياهُ صالحة للشرب، بنيت سدود قصيرة فس وسط المضايق الجبلية، لتمنع الطين والحصى وغيرها من الانجراف معمياة السيول، التي تندفع سريعاً من المنحدرات الى الصهاريج.

انصح بزيارة الصهاريج في الأيام الممطرة@sahar_md_14

تعد هذه المنشئة اليمنية العملاقة "صهاريج عدن" من أروع مشاريع حصاد مياه الأمطار التي أبدع بها اجدادنا القدماء في الجنوب.وتعرف هذه الصهاريج بانها خزانات ضخمة وتقوم بتخزين مياه الأمطار لاستخدامها في الزراعة والشرب، اضافة لحماية مدينة عدن من السيول التي قد تتسبب في دمار بعض مناطقها.وتعتبر صهاريج عدن من أبرز المعالم التاريخية والأثرية التي يحرص على زيارتها القادمون إلى المدينة.

صهاريج عدن مكان رائع وهي عبارة عن خزانات المياه ضخمة جدا وبنيت بين المرتفعات الجبليةبنيت من قديم الزمان

مكان تاريخي سياحي انصح بزيارته

Historical place that must see when in city.

Great historical place. However, it needs more care and other facilities like a place to sit/drink

موقع سياحي جميل ولديه معالم اثرية جميلة خلفته الحضارة من الاف السنين

The Tanks were mentioned in some manuscripts after the coming of Islam to Yemen in the 7th century A.D. "Aden has Tanks that store water when the rain falls", wrote Al-Hamdani in the 10th century.[2] Al-Makdsi, writing three centuries later, also recorded the presence of wells and cisterns in Aden.[3] By the time of the Rasulid dynasty (1229-1454 A.D.), the Tanks had fallen into disrepair. However, the Rassulids recognized the utility of the Tanks and began to restore them.[4] This restoration has led some to claim that the Rassulids built the Tanks, thereby obscuring what are, in all probability, the far more ancient origins of the Tanks. After the Rassulids, the Tanks once again fell into disrepair, damaged by flooding and neglect and filled with the rubble of successive floods.By the time of the British occupation of Aden (beginning in 1839), the Tanks had been almost completely buried by debris carried down the mountains by successive floods. Sir Robert L. Playfair rediscovered the tanks and recognized their potential value. Aden had no fresh water and was often cut off from mainland water supplies by hostile tribes. Playfair hoped that the Tanks, once repaired, could provide a reliable source of water for public consumption. The British accordingly set out to restore the tanks to their original function. However, in the process, the British modified the design and layout of the Tanks significantly from their original state. With the intention of storing the greatest quantity of water possible, British engineers replaced an intricate network of numerous, small, cascading cisterns along the valley walls with a few, larger tanks. The Tanks ability to both control floods and store water was thus hampered, and the site that tourists visit today is very much a Victorian British creation. Further, the remodeling destroyed what archaeological evidence might have been present with regards to the original site, and this, coupled with the scarcity of documentary evidence, has made learning more about the Tanks origins difficult.

Mesmerizing

Interesting place, the engineering and build is surprising!!

Love this....there is no care of this nice place

من المناطق الاثرية السياحية في عدن مكان جميل جدا انصح بزيارته نتمنى من الدولة الاهتمام بهذا المكان الجميل

Ok

It is one of the touristic landmark of the city which shows the construction ability of old people to craft such system to reserve the rain water that comes from the mountains and to keep the city from a catastrophic flood disasterRecently it is not taking care of and neglected.

Great history and zero commercialisation.

صهاريج عدن وتسمى صهاريج الطويله نسبة لوادي الطويله وهي لجمع مياه الامطار لاستخدامها في الشرب والزراعه وتخفيف حدة السيول لايوجد تاريخ دقيق لها ولكن يقال انه تم بناءها في القرن الخامس عشر قبل الميلاد وتقع في حي كريتر وتمت صيانتها من قبل الانجليز عام 1854 م كما تحتوي على متحف عثماني افتتح عام 1930 مAden cisterns, also called Tawila cisterns, are attributed to al-Tawila vali, to collecting rainwater to use it for drinking and agriculture

Very nice 👍🙂

Wishing to visit it ASAP!

Historical tanks that were built by unknown civilization to protect the city from water flooding during rainy seasons.

Historical place in aden governarate you wiil see how our grand fathers are built alsahareej (water tanksby geometrically way to defend the city from flood and to save water from waste and used when they need.

Old inciant historical water reservoir in Aden. One of historical places you shouldnt miss to visit.

Well come to classic hotel

Awesome

A fascinating place to explore.

Its a beautiful place for me and for all people in Aden

I remember one day my manager came from another country and we were working in WASH section.We took him to visit Aden Tanks and were so proud that we have such a great edifice 😌

Hestorical place that shows the engendered designing of yemeni elders

Very old water tanks builds with unique engineering

Dirty, unorganized and need new vision

Unknown historical site "hidden details"

hidden between the mountains in Crater, needs more attention from the authorities

Historical Tanks

Needs lot of improvements.

Good

Good place

Awesome place for trekkers

Wild and exhilarating

4 stars, the place is incredibly awesome and give you an idea about the ancient times, none knows who built it. There are no English guiders or even people that may help you in there. There are no services at all, no shops cafeterias or anything. When its hot buy your liquids from outside before you come. The place is free entrance that you must know incase you were foreigner you dont have to pay anything.

old & interesting place to go

Beautiful but neglected.

Over than 4000 years old

so nice place

أول شعور ينتابك عند دخول هذه الصهاريج هو من بناها وكيف بناها ...؟؟ وحسب ماهو معروف بأن الباني الأساسي لهذه الصهاريج غير معروف ... تبقى محل جدال بين المؤرخين.وكما هو الحال في جميع المعالم الأثرية في اليمن ... تشكو الصهاريج من الإهمال وأعمال النظافة .. حيث أنه لاتوجد هناك أدنى خدمة بشرية في ذلك الموقع ...والقمامة منتشرة في كل مكان ..We arrived at 03:30 PM , the Guards were there ... there were plenty of Old men playing Dominoes on the Entrance. Entrance fee has been become ( 100 YER = 0.46 $), when you walk around the tanks you get that strange feeling about who built these tanks ans how they did it ... there should have been a Great culture for that country at that time ....The problem in this site is ... there careless to this historical site .. there is no bathrooms or any kind of basic shop ( bring Cool water with you; you gonna need it specially in a city known for its hot weather like Aden), maybe because they wanted the place to stay clean from the Garbage while its possible to bring your family and have the lunch under one of the large trees there ...Be careful of some stairs they are so steep and may hurt your leg ... but its nice to try being inside one of those tanks ...I gave it 3 out of 5 because there is no service in this attraction and the care for this site is ZERO.

One of the best historical place but poor maintenance service

Yes

Very nice place to visit. Make sure to bring a hat or an umbrella because some times its so sunny!

Interesting but once you have seen the main cistern and the bridges, there isnt much else to see. This would perhaps take an hour overall to see in its entirety.

nice