Barzan Towers Review

The Barzan Towers are located about 20 km north of Doha in the village of Umm Salal Mohammed, which was developed in 1910 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani. Earlier towers may have existed at the site throughout the nineteenth century.The western tower on the site, called the Barzan (or high) Tower, was built by Sheikh Mohammed between 1910 and 1916 as part of an extensive wall that surrounded the village and its gardens. The wall still exists in part inside a park, close to a small mosque. The Eastern Tower was added after 1958, with a design based on the western tower and of an equal height of 14 metres.The western Barzan Tower consists of three levels and has a distinctive ‘T’ shape that is considered unique in style in the Gulf region. The Eastern Tower, Al Burj Al Sharqi, exhibits the typical rectangular shape of Qatari towers.Local folktales suggest that the Barzan Tower was used to observe incoming pearling ships, but this is unlikely, since the shore is more than 10 km away. It is more probable that the Barzan Tower was used as a lookout to monitor the surrounding area with its wells and arable land. Both towers were restored in 2014, together with a madrasa (religious school) and a masjid (mosque) and are now situated in a garden with indigenous plants.

这个建筑是多哈的一个现代城市地标，位于新城区的商业中心，整个建筑浑然一体，它的结构和设计都非常的完整，完成度非常的高，感觉还不错。

算是一个历史的象征吧，它其实离市中心不远，离它不远处就是现在的一些高楼大厦，感觉整体还是有一点穿越的感觉了，还不错，体量还挺大的。

我还挺喜欢这个建筑的，感觉这个建筑的整体感非常的强，它没有多余的一些乱七八糟的东西，就是一个非常完整的一个作品。我觉得不错。

Very unique scenic spots, desert and sea are linked together, we must go to see the feeling is very strange.