Al-Murabaa Historical Palace

About Al-Murabaa Historical Palace

Darah takes you virtually to the Murabba Palace, one of the most well-known parts of the King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Murabba Palace was founded in 1936 and is considered a testimony to one of the important stages in the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in that it was the residence of the founder of the Kingdom, King Abdulaziz bin Abdurrahman Al Saud and his family, as well as the headquarters of the administration of the state. With an area of 1680 m2, the palace comprises a total of 32 rooms distributed on two floors with an open courtyard in the middle dominated by a tall date palm tree. Wander around and enjoy the magnificence of the palace's traditional architecture, built of mudbrick, local stone, tamarisk tree trunks, and palm fronds.