Qaṣr al-Badi'a () is a royal palace in the al-Badi'ah neighbourhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was erected outside the old town in the 1930s at the behest of King ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ibn Saud.H. R. P. Dickson, Kuwait and Her Neighbors (London: Allen & Unwin, 1956). The building stands on the bank of Wadi Hanifa. It served as a guesthouse for visiting dignitaries and as the king's summer residence."دارة الملك عبدالعزيز توثق "قصر البديعة" الذي أمر ببنائه "المؤسس" للسكن والضيافة الملكية". 07 فبراير 2019. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2019-02-12. From 1954 the building served as a police station and school. More recently it has been restored with documentation carried out by Dārah, the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives.Dārah, “A Photo Tour of King ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Palace,” YouTube (02 June 2020). Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7qSZ6j5b1I. Retrieved June 2024.
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