Sana'a, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, is renowned for its extraordinary Islamic architecture including the Great Mosque of Sana'a, built during the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime. The city's UNESCO World Heritage Old City features over 6,000 traditional Yemeni houses with distinctive geometric patterns and Islamic decorative elements. As Yemen's historic capital, Sana'a has been a center of Islamic learning and culture for over 1,400 years, maintaining strong traditions of Quranic scholarship and Islamic jurisprudence.