Quṣūr al-Fuṭa

Quṣūr al-Fuṭa
Quṣūr al-Fuṭa
	Palaces in the Quṣūr al-Fuṭa neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1974
General information
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

^ 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.

[1] 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).

[2] W. Facey, Riyadh, the Old City: From Its Origins until the 1950s (London: Immel, 1992), plate 85.

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