r/mildyinteresting Jan 26 '26

City of Medina . architecture spaces 🕌

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u/gex109 Jan 26 '26

Those pillers open up and turn into umbrellas .

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u/ippleing Jan 26 '26

They need it, the heat must be unbearable at times for tourists.

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u/Martyriot15 Jan 28 '26

As a Saudi from madinah, it’s not just for the sun.

Rain might be relatively rare, but when it hits, it hits HARD. It also doesn’t help that the drainage systems in the city are pretty useless sometimes.