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'''The Murabba Palace''' ([[Arabic]]: Qasr al Murabba; the Square Palace) is a [[Palace museum|palace-turned museum]] and a cultural heritage building [[Al Murabba|al-Murabba]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. The palace was the first building to be erected outside [[Riyadh city wall|the walls]] of the [[Old Riyadh|old city]] in 1938 and served as [[Ibn Saud|King Abdulaziz's]] last official residence until his death in 1953.<ref name=sama>{{cite thesis|author=Sama Al Malik|title=Improving the city image of Riyadh. Through storefront and street signage redesign|location=University of Barcelona|degree=MA
|year=2017|hdl=2445/113737|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2445/113737}}</ref> Its name reportedly comes from a broken square-shaped [[dry well]] around which the palace was built.<ref name=sal21apr/> It was later included as part of the [[King Abdulaziz Historical Center]] in 1999.
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