the address

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

WhatsApp number

966531111577+

E-mail

info@saudi-icomos.org

حي الطريف في الدرعية

The shape of this place, which is located in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, northwest of Riyadh, The first capital of the Al Saud family. Al-Turaif neighborhood, which was founded in the fifteenth century, bears traces of the Najdi architectural style that is unique to the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It grew in the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century, The political and religious role of Al-Turaif neighborhood and it became a center of Al Saud power and the spread of Salafi reform in Islam. This property includes traces of many palaces, In addition to a city built on the banks of the Diriyah Oasis.

the site:

N24 44 2.88 E46 34 20.88

date of registration:

2010

Standard:

(iv)(v)(vi)

Area:

28.78 ha

Buffer zone:

237.95 ha

Reference:

1329