Step 1 : Introduction to the question " What was Dar al-Hajar? "
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The Dar al-Hajar (Arabic: دار الحجر, "Stone house") is a former royal palace located in Wadi Dhar about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sana'a, Yemen. Built in the 1920s as the summer retreat of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, ruler of Yemen from 1904 to 1948, it sits on top of a structure built in 1786 for the scholar al-Imam Mansour. The palace stayed in the royal family until the Yemen revolution of 1962. The palace is now a museum. In 1974, Pier Paolo Pasolini used the palace as the home of Princess Dunya in his film "The Arabian Nights".
Featuring number of facilities like appointment rooms, separated spaces for cooling water in traditional earthen jars, guest rooms, Turkish bath, fountains and much, much more. There is a large garden right at the entrance of the residence which has a very old tree that is considered to be around 7 centuries old.
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