Hlewa Heritage Market
Hlewa Market is one of the most important heritage markets in Shaqra Governorate. It takes its name from an orchard next to the market called Hlewa. The market was built around 1350 AH. It is large and spacious, with more than a hundred shops, and carried on varied domestic and foreign trade. It points to the commercial standing Shaqra enjoyed in the Arabian Peninsula in general. It was famous not only among the people of Shaqra but in every region, so much so that its name is no longer paired with the word "market", since what is meant is obvious. Because of its fame, this market overshadowed the markets that came before it despite being relatively recent. There is no doubt that the trade activity in it put it at the forefront of Shaqra's famous markets and was one of the reasons their activity declined, and even disappeared, once it took the lead. This was not only because it had more shops or a larger area, but because its rise brought the dominance of retail trade and the large number of products on display, and a decline in the wholesale trade that Shaqra's merchants had controlled in the days of the earlier markets, which dealt only in simple, local retail. It sold household supplies, tools and utensils, vegetables, fruit, local products and sheep, and other services were located next to it, such as a flour mill, a crop-selling area and the public scale (al-qabban).
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