Quṣūr al-Fuṭa
| Quṣūr al-Fuṭa | |
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 Palaces in the Quṣūr al-Fuṭa neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1974 | |
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| Architectural style | Najdi architecture |
| Town or city | Riyadh |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates | 24°38′33″N 46°42′33″E / 24.64250°N 46.70917°E |
| Completed | 1930s |
| Demolished | 2000s |
Quṣūr al-Fuṭa (Arabic: قصور الفوطة, romanized: Quṣūr al-Fuṭa) were a group of five palaces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They were built for five sons of King 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Saud when they reached the age of marriage. The King ordered the palaces to be built in 1942.[1]
The palaces were located in the Al Fouta neighbourhood, a short distance south of Murabba Palace. An early photograph by Tommy Walters of ARAMCO was published by Facey in his book Riyadh, the Old City.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ H. St John Philby, “Riyadh: Ancient and Modern,” Middle East Journal 13, no. 2 (1959), p. 133; Supreme Authority for the Development of the City of Riyadh, Old Riyāḍ (in Arabic), (Riyāḍ: Supreme Authority etc., 2012).
- ^ W. Facey, Riyadh, the Old City: From Its Origins until the 1950s (London: Immel, 1992), plate 85.
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