Each house consists of 3 or 4 floors, with multi-level, wooden corbel ceilings for added strength. They were built of moulded, grouted bricks, and in the façade, for decoration purposes, these bricks were alternatively painted red and black. Also the Mashrapiyas and windows, of a different type of turned wood whether Sahrili or Maymouni, also decorate the façade. 1 - The ground floor usually contains the “caravansary” or storehouse, the stable, a Sabil (or fountain), and the cistern. -The 2 nd floor was reserved for men. It often has a separate door and a courtyard surrounded by a number of rooms. -The 3 rd floor was reserved for women called Al-Hadir (the place of sleeping); it consists of a main hall (iwan) surrounded by several rooms, and a private bathroom. These houses often include a room on the 3 rd floor called the “Al-Aghany” room (room of songs), in which the women of the house sit, listening and watching the entertainment, out of sight of the men. This room contains cupboards in one of its walls, with Klaw Khowarnaqates and partitions of turned wood. These wooden cupboards are often inlayed with ivory and mother of pearl. In some houses, the walls of the Al-Aghani room were covered with tiles with floral decorations in yellow, red, and green bearing an Andalusi effect, as in the houses of Mouharam an Olwan Arab Killy House (the National Museum of Rosetta) This is one of the most famous houses in Rosetta, and the biggest. It dates back to the 18 th century (XII A.H) and was the residential house of Arab Killy who was an Ottoman governor of the city. It consists of 4 floors: 1-The ground floor, which includes: A storehouse with cross-vaulted ceiling A cistern A “Sabil” (or fountain) 2-The 2 nd floor, reserved for the men, which includes: A courtyard, surrounded by a number of rooms with windows of iron grills, below holes of Maaqali turning 3-The 3 rd floor, the domain of the women, which includes: A courtyard, surrounded by a number of rooms with windows of iron grills The Al-Aghany (see above), this room contains a beautiful cupboard, inlaid with mother-of-pearl 4-The 4th floor, which includes: The flat roof