Safat Clocktower | |
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برج ساعة الصفاة | |
![]() Safat Clocktower with
al-Hukm Palace in background, 2023 | |
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Alternative names | Big Ben of Saudi Arabia |
General information | |
Location | Qasr al-Hukm District, al-Dirah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 24°37′49″N 46°42′43″E / 24.63019°N 46.71191°E |
Opened | 20 April 1966 |
Safat Clocktower ( Arabic: برج ساعة الصفاة), so called from the plaza it overlooks from the east, and colloquially nicknamed Big Ben of Saudi Arabia ( Arabic: الساعة ببيغ بن السعودية), [1] [2] is a freestanding historic clocktower in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located east of the al-Hukm Palace compound in the Qasr al-Hukm District, nearby Souq al-Thumairi. [3] Built in 1966 using German technology, [4] [5] it once served as a popular cultural landmark in the city until the 1970s. [6] It was renovated in the second phase of the Qasr Al-Hukm District Development Project between 1988 and 1992. [7]
Safat Clocktower | |
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برج ساعة الصفاة | |
![]() Safat Clocktower with
al-Hukm Palace in background, 2023 | |
| |
Alternative names | Big Ben of Saudi Arabia |
General information | |
Location | Qasr al-Hukm District, al-Dirah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 24°37′49″N 46°42′43″E / 24.63019°N 46.71191°E |
Opened | 20 April 1966 |
Safat Clocktower ( Arabic: برج ساعة الصفاة), so called from the plaza it overlooks from the east, and colloquially nicknamed Big Ben of Saudi Arabia ( Arabic: الساعة ببيغ بن السعودية), [1] [2] is a freestanding historic clocktower in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located east of the al-Hukm Palace compound in the Qasr al-Hukm District, nearby Souq al-Thumairi. [3] Built in 1966 using German technology, [4] [5] it once served as a popular cultural landmark in the city until the 1970s. [6] It was renovated in the second phase of the Qasr Al-Hukm District Development Project between 1988 and 1992. [7]