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==Location==
The Murabba palace is situated two kilometers north of the old city of Riyadh, and its total area was over 16 hectares.<ref name=sas16>{{cite journal|author=Sumayah Al Solaiman|title=Architecture as a Tool of Editing History: The Case of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Historical Center|journal=Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review |date=Spring 2016|volume=27|issue=2|pages=42-43|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24720019|jstor=24720019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Yasser Elsheshtawy|title=The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmsechJmz60C&pg=PA122|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-41156-1|page=122}}</ref> The area of the palace was later expanded to 30 hectares.<ref name=sas16/> In a study dated 2021 the size of the palace is cited as 9,844.64 m<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=als21>{{cite web|author1=Abobakr Al Sakkaf|author2=Sherif Ahmed Mahmoud|author3=Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader|title=Improving Energy Performance and Thermal Comfort for Heritage Buildings: A Case Study Murabba Palace|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14546634 |publisher=International Conference on Innovations in Energy Engineering & Cleaner Production IEECP21 |format=Conference paper|doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.14546634|date=2021|page=3}}</ref>
The palace is located about half a mile from Masmak fort.<ref name=sem99>{{cite web|title=Rebirth of a historic center|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/files/PDF/Publications/Magazine/1999-Spring/rebirth.htm|work=Saudi Embassy Magazine|date=Spring 1999|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807161001/http://www.saudiembassy.net/files/PDF/Publications/Magazine/1999-Spring/rebirth.htm|archivedate=7 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The area where the palace was constructed was called Murabba Al Sufyan.<ref name=anews12>{{cite news|title=Murabba Palace: The historical divan of King Abdul Aziz|url=http://www.arabnews.com/life-style/murabba-palace-historical-divan-king-abdul-aziz|accessdate=22 July 2013|newspaper=Arab News|date=24 September 2012|location=Jeddah}}</ref> In the south of the palace there are gardens, and the Batha valley is situated in the east.<ref name=anews12/> Wadi Abu Rafie is in the west, and small hills lie on the north of the palace.<ref name=anews12/>
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