Katara Cultural Village
Traditional pigeon towers of clay and brick, still nested by birds, beside a Greek-style amphitheater and waterfront village.
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This guide to Katara Cultural Village in Doha follows the sand-colored pigeon towers rising above the waterfront, tracing the trade that made them valuable long before Katara existed, a family's wealth once measured in feathers and fertilizer, in a style Persian and Indian settlers are said to have brought to this coast. You'll hear how the clay and unfired brick walls were packed, plastered and carved to keep thousands of birds nesting inside. Listen for the wings overhead as you approach.
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