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Qasr Al Hosn

Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi at golden hour: the historic restored fort with bright white outer palace walls, the older sand-coloured inner fort behind, and the original square watchtower at the centre, set against the modern glass-tower skyline of Abu Dhabi in the distance
Qasr Al Hosn is the oldest standing building in Abu Dhabi city — a watchtower built around 1761 to guard the island's first freshwater well, expanded into the seat of the Al Nahyan ruling family, and reopened in 2018 as a museum after an 11-year restoration. The complex covers the inner fort, the white outer palace, the Cultural Foundation, and the working House of Artisans.
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Ajman Museum

Ajman Fort housing the Ajman Museum at golden hour: weathered tan-and-beige coral-stone fort with two distinctive watchtowers (one round, one square), thick crenellated walls, and a heavy carved wooden gate
Ajman Museum occupies Al Hisn Ajman, a coral-stone fort built around 1775 that served as the ruling Al Nuaimi family's residence and later as the Ajman police headquarters. Converted to a museum in 1981 and reopened to the public in 1991, it is the smallest of the Northern Emirates fort-museums but among the most atmospheric, with strong weapons, manuscripts, and pearling collections.
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Fujairah Fort

Fujairah Fort at sunset: an old restored sandstone fort with three round corner towers and one square tower rising above thick crenellated curtain walls in warm tan and ochre stone, perched on a rocky hill above date palm groves with the rugged eastern Hajar Mountains rising in the deep background
Fujairah Fort is the oldest fort in the UAE, built around 1670 from local stone and mud-brick on a rocky outcrop above the old town. Partially destroyed by the Royal Navy in 1925, restored 1997-2000, and paired with an open-air Heritage Village recreating traditional Emirati life.
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National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah

Restored 18th-century mud-brick Al Qawasim Fort housing the National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah at golden hour: tan and beige weathered traditional walls with crenellated battlements, a single round watchtower, a carved wooden door, and low desert scrub framing the foreground
The National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah occupies the 18th-century Al Qawasim Fort in RAK's old town — a former ruling-family residence converted into a museum in 1987. Its galleries cover 7,000 years of regional history, with strengths in Bronze Age archaeology, the pearling economy, and Qawasim maritime power.
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