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menis are quite proud of the mosque. It's open to non-Muslims from dawn to dusk daily
outside of prayer times - dress appropriately and take a travel permit with you as it's not
unknown for the guards to ask to see one.
Great Mosque MOSQUE
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(Al-Jamaa al-Kabir; ) Of the 50 mosques still standing in the old city, the Great Mosque
north of Bab al-Yaman, is the most significant. For centuries it served as an important
Islamic school and centre of learning, and attached to it is a library containing the largest
and most famous collection of manuscripts in Yemen.
Qat Souqs
As well as the atmospheric old town qat souq , there's a bigger one further east, near the
ring road, and another, the Ingad Central Market , just to the west of the dry wadi (now a
road) that runs through the western fringe of the old city.
Museums
National Museum MUSEUM
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( 271696; Ali Abdul Mogni St; admission YR1000; 8.30am-12.30pm & 4-8pm Sat-Wed, 8.30am-12.30pm
Thu) Claiming to be the largest museum on the Arabian Peninsula, the National Museum is
certainly one of the best. The ground and 1st floors contain a breathtaking collection of
statues, figurines and other artefacts from the pre-Islamic kingdoms of Saba and Had-
ramawt. The 2nd floor concentrates on the medieval Islamic period while the top floor
features a slightly less rewarding mishmash of stuffed lions and re-creations of the souqs
of Sanaʻa.
Military Museum MUSEUM
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( 276635; Gamal Abdul Nasser St; admission YR300; 9am-12.30pm & 3-8pm Sat-Wed, 3-7pm Thu & Fri)
The ground floor contains Sabaean overflow from the National Museum, which means
this military museum is more interesting than it sounds. After that the displays revert to
the standard death and guns of military museums the world over, though this one also in-
cludes some graphic photos of executions during the Imanic era.
Dar al Hayas a Sanania MUSEUM
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