There is a place where many will want to go, it will be the new destination as soon as the travels resume, a place that combines art, the beauty of the landscape, the discovery of the different, a distant but very close history. This place is the site of AlUla, one of the archaeological wonders of Saudi Arabia, a place that none or very few of us have been able to see until now, but which now – with the opening of the Saudi Kingdom to international tourism and its tourism development project – will become one of the best known destinations. It is just one of the many reasons why we want to go to Saudi Arabia, which is preparing to be the great destination of the next tourism, and it is a place that will leave us enchanted. Temples carved into the rock, the charm of the desert, an ancient history, to find out in advance, there is «AlUla – Journey Through Time», the outdoor photographic exhibition along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan which takes us on a journey to this incredible place through the shots of the Canadian-American photographer Robert Polidore. Extended until April 18, 2021, through 30 panels it tells a story that from prehistoric times it passes through the mysterious kingdoms of Lihyan and Dadan, the Nabataeans and the Roman era, recounting the long journey that brought spices and perfumes from Arabia to our ports.
“AlUla is only the spearhead of an archaeological heritage that is still hidden in the entire Arabian Peninsula”, says Professor Romolo Loreto – Archaeologist, Associate Professor, University of Naples – L’Orientale «This rich caravan oasis, which in pre-Islamic times saw the Dadanita, Lihyanita, Nabatean and Roman cultures follow one another, for over a millennium, was part of a complex and articulated international network of caravan centers and seaports. These realities, which developed complex societies based on royalty, determined the phenomenon known as the trade of aromas and spices that from Arabia Felix reached all over the Mediterranean, and from Egypt to Mesopotamia, contributing to the spread of ideas, cults, fashions and first Near Eastern and then Hellenistic Roman cultural traditions ».
«AlUla is an open-air museum that hides many stories of ancient civilizations still to be told. Excavations carried out by teams of archaeologists, both Saudi and international, have recently resumed, and new discoveries of great importance will be announced over the next few months ». commented Phillip Jones, Chief Destination Management and Marketing Officer di Royal Commission for AlUla, mentre SAR il Principe Faisal bin Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Italy, Malta and San Marino added “The exhibition offers Italian friends the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the Kingdom’s cultural heritage, and capture a vivid image of a land that bears witness to two thousand years of cultural ties between the peoples of the Arabian and Italian peninsulas ».
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