Amazing places in Riyadh

Riyadh is very popular in the Kingdom, so there must be beautiful places in it, and there are many, many wonderful and dazzling places in it, and this project is to display some places that are worth visiting in Riyadh:

Riyadh front

Riyadh Front is considered one of the most beautiful new areas, as it is an integrated complex (hotel, entertainment, commercial, and tourist). Work on this project began at the beginning of the year 2016 AD through the Caden Investment Company. The Riyadh Front complex is located in the northeastern area of Riyadh, on the airport road, opposite Princess Nora University, on an area of 180 thousand meters.

The Riyadh Front complex is divided into two parts: one part for business and the other part for shopping and entertainment, interspersed with beautiful green areas and a beautiful fountain.

King Abdullah Park

King Abdullah Park is one of the most important recreational landmarks in Riyadh, it is characterized by an innovative design with the latest technologies and modern devices, and is characterized by green landscapes and beautiful water bodies, the park is a tourist destination for the people of the region and for visitors to the city.

King Abdullah International Gardens, named after King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, formerly King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are gardens that he intends to establish in the city of Riyadh at a cost of more than 1.6 billion Saudi riyals. It is the largest covered garden in the world, with an area of more than two million square meters, and the project has been divided into phases, which caused its opening to be delayed beyond the scheduled date in the year 2017, and in July 2019 a contract was signed to implement the completion of the project, which is in line with Saudi Vision 2030, in implementation To direct King Salman bin Abdulaziz and based on what was proposed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, that it will be dealt with as a single project and be completed within 30 months.

The King Abdullah International Gardens project is located in a desert land west of the city of Riyadh adjacent to the Jeddah highway, on an area of 2.2 million square meters, and it combines multiple models of ancient and modern international gardens, and different climatic environments. Merging history with nature.

Masmak Fort

The Masmak Fort (Arabic: قصر المصمك‎, Battle of period RiyadhQaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Palace, is a clayand mudbrick fort in the old city of Riyadh, situated in the modern-day Deira district. Built in 1865 by ‘Abdurrahman ibn Sulaiman under the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, The fortress played an integral role in the Unification of Saudi Arabia, with the Battle of Riyadh, one of the most important conflicts of the Saudi unification, taking place in the fort.Since 1995, the fortress has been converted into a museum showcasing one of the most important landmarks of Saudi heritage.

Al-Masmak was built as the headquarters of the Ibn Rashid garrison around 1312 AH, and it continued to play its role as a fortress in which Riyadh affairs were administered until it was stormed and seized by King Abdulaziz upon entering Riyadh, and King Abdulaziz used the palace as a warehouse of weapons and ammunition for two years, then it became a prison after that until It has been converted into an archaeological and historical landmark located in the heart of Riyadh.

There are no accounts or sayings that confirm that King Abdulaziz used the palace as a residence or a seat of government. The king rebuilt the old palace in Safat around the year 1330 AH and took it as a seat of government and residence until he moved to the Al Murabba complex.