<The Heritage Authority announced the registration of 8,581 Urban Heritage assets in the National Urban Heritage Register, in Asir, Al Baha and Makkah regions, thus achieving the approved target of the Authority to reach 50 thousand urban heritage assets across the Kingdom, one of the targets set in its plan at the beginning of 2025.<The registration of these sites is part of the Authority's ongoing efforts to protect, document and register urban heritage assets, and work to manage them efficiently, in addition to highlighting their heritage value and enhancing community awareness of their importance, ensuring their sustainability as a cultural heritage for future generations.<The heritage sites that have been registered in this phase include 990 sites in the Al Baha region, 4,645 sites in the Asir region, and 2,946 sites in the Makkah region, where the registration processes take place according to five stages, starting with the discovery of the heritage site, then its nomination and registration in the Urban Heritage Register, and finally its classification and coding as an approved urban heritage asset.<The Authority continues its efforts in registering urban heritage sites based on the standards and regulations of the Antiquities and Urban Heritage System, which aims to develop research and discovery efforts, inventory heritage sites and register them in the National Urban Heritage List, using the latest technologies and practices adopted globally in the field of heritage, and create a comprehensive database of heritage sites for conservation, documentation and protection.
The Urban Heritage Register is an official list of heritage sites and buildings that have been registered according to criteria of national, urban or cultural importance defined by the Antiquities and Urban Heritage System, where the Authority relies on
The Urban Heritage Register is an official list of heritage sites and buildings that have been registered according to criteria of national, urban or cultural importance defined by the Antiquities and Urban Heritage System, where the Authority relies on
