World Heritage Day .. “Kingdom Palaces” is a stereotype of architectural creativity

On the International Heritage Day, and when our feet set foot on the ground, civilizations have witnessed, and we contemplate the walls on which the stories of the ancestors are engraved, we realize that the heritage is not just the remains of the past, but rather the roots extended in the depths of our identity.
Among the most prominent treasures of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are the archaeological palaces that tell stories about architectural creativity, and it represents an invitation to preserve the national memory and pride in what the ancestors left.

King Abdul Aziz Palace

The historic King Abdulaziz Palace is located in the Linah Center of the Rafha Governorate in the northern border, and its area is approximately 4320 square meters.

The palace was built by order of King Abdulaziz Al Saud -may God bless him -and used in its construction stones, mud and milk, as there are some archaeological writings that tell its history and the Sunnah of its construction.
And it was planned in the pattern of Saudi palaces in the past, which is a rectangular building with circular towers in its corners, and inside it a large courtyard overlooking the palace rooms, councils and facilities.

It is in the middle of a key gate made of wood located in its southern façade, while its western façade has a side gate.
Moreover, it includes a water well, a mosque and a place dedicated to horse, and it contains a section for the affairs of the emirate and housing for the prince and his family, and the large council is one of the most important facilities of the palace.

Al -Subaie Palace

Al -Subaie Palace is located in Shaqra Governorate, which is about 200 km away from Riyadh, and was built by Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al -Subaie, who was the agent of the Money House in 1358 AH.
It took 4 years to build, and it is located on the southwestern side of the Old City, and His Majesty King Abdulaziz Al Saud – may God forgive him – used to reside in it when he passed a blonde.
The palace consists of two floors, and it contains a large group of rooms and councils, and it has balconies that appear clearly across the upper parts of the walls in the external and internal facades inlaid with Arabic and Islamic motifs and inscriptions.

And in it an open courtyard surrounded by corridors in the ground and first rounds, which are backed by a milk brick, and the palace facades are decorated with a frame extending from prominent triangles and inverted to push rain water away from the walls.
It was decorated with wooden veins in the fronts of the windows and doors with colored manual inscriptions, which consist of engineering and plant units through circles and straight and cross lines, quadruple shapes and grapes.
The palace also contains columns that are one of its most important architectural elements, which are stone columns consisting of flat cylindrical beads, while the bishop consists of symptoms of trunks of the trunks of the trunks of the palm tree and its fronds, then a layer of clay and a layer of plaster.
The palace was renovated under the supervision of the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage.

CAF Palace

Ibn Shaalan Palace, known as the Historic Palace of Al -Kaf, is located on the northeast of the village of Al -Kaf in Qurayyat, and near the mountain of Qadat al -Saidi.
The construction of the Kaf Palace began during the reign of Nawwaf bin Al -Nuri al -Shaalan when he was the ruler of the region at the time, and it took two years to build, ended in 1338 AH, and there is a historical document on his main gate.
It is a square warship on a medium -altitude hill, with an area of ​​about 2700 square meters, and it has 4 high towers in each of its corners.

The constellations were built from two parts: the bottom with a cylindrical design and a built of polite stones, and the Alawi with a conical design and built of clay.
The palace includes several buildings inside a surah, the hospitality building, the Governing Council building, and the Al -Qasr Mosque, in addition to women’s housing, and it also has a special courtyard that is distributed around 4 rooms.
The palace includes warehouses, kitchens, well and prison, and it has two entrances: main in the southern side, and sides in the eastern façade.
In the year 1344 AH, King Abdulaziz Al Saud, may God bless him, received his wealth – the palace, then the Saudi rule in the region became in 1357 AH.

Shubra Palace

Shubra Palace is located in the city of Taif, and it took two consecutive months from 1323 AH, and the reason for its name is due to its design inspired by one of the palaces held in the Shubra neighborhood in Cairo at the time.
The palace is characterized by its urban style, which relied on the mixing between the Islamic and Roman styles, and between the methods of traditional architecture, and the features of Islamic architecture are highlighted in the arches, columns, patchy, doors, windows and ceilings.
It includes approximately 150 rooms, and it has two entrances: main on the western side, and sides on the east, and it also has 4 similar facades interspersed with columns made of Noura and stone.

In its main hall, a double stairway of alabaster climbs to the two wings in the upper floor, including rooms of various sizes.
As for its windows and doors, they are made of wood decorated with artistic touches, and the palace was the headquarters of the Kingdom of the Kingdom when it was transferred to Taif in the summer during the reign of King Abdulaziz -may God bless him -and in the era of King Faisal -may God have mercy on him -became the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, then he turned into a museum of antiquities and heritage in 1408 AH.

Al -Rifai houses

The houses of Al -Rifai are an ancient Persian houses, and they reflect the excellent economic situation of the people of Knights. These houses are characterized by the beauty of their designs and the splendor of their inscriptions.

It was built in 1341 AH of hipped stones, and its walls were designed to reach a height of 6 meters.
Al -Rifai’s homes are a model of engineering and written decorations derived from Islamic arts.
In addition to large councils, homes usually contain a large major gate, and small rooms that were used to cool water and keep food.