Fort of Jabbanah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - George Steinmetz - Empty Quarter (sitios de interés)

Fort of Jabbanah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Fort of Jabbanah, near the town of Jarrah in Liwas Oasis. The fort was recently restored, but was used as a stronghold/refuge by local farmers from attack by marauders coming across the Empty Quarter from Saudi Arabia before the middle of the 20th century. Liwa is an ancient chain of palm gardens that tap into water from an chain of paleo lakes that once filled this shallow depression on the northern edge of the Empty Quarter, the world's largest sand sea.