Qaṣr al-Badi'a

Qaṣr al-Badi'a
Qaṣr al-Badi'a in 1974
General information
Architectural styleNajdi architecture
Town or cityRiyadh
CountrySaudi Arabia
Coordinates24°36′46″N 46°40′10″E / 24.61278°N 46.66944°E / 24.61278; 46.66944
Completed1935

Qaṣr al-Badi'a (Arabic: قصر البديعة, romanized: Qaṣr al-Badiʿa) 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. The building stands on the bank of Wadi Hanifa. It served as a guesthouse for visiting dignitaries and as the king's summer residence. 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.

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