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'''Murabba Palace''' ([[Arabic]]: قصر المربّع Qaṣr al Murabbaʿ; literally the 'Square Palace') is a historic palace in the [[Al Murabba|al-Murabba]] neighborhood of [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]], located in the [[King Abdulaziz Historical Center]]. One of the first buildings erected outside the [[Riyadh city wall|walls]] of the [[Walled town of Riyadh|old city]],<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> Itit served as the official workplace and main residence of [[Ibn Saud|King Abdulaziz ibn Saud]] from 1938 until his death in 1953. It is named after its square with the form of {{convert|400|by|400|m}}.<ref name=sal21apr/> The palace was transformed into a museum and opened to the general public in 1999.
 
==History==