Al-Qudaibiya Palace
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Al-Qudaibiya Palace or Gudaibiya Palace is a palace in Gudaibiya, Manama, Bahrain. Located off Bani Otbah Avenue and Al Fatih Highway, it lies west of the Al Fateh Grand Mosque and southeast of the Old Palace of Manama and the Andalus Garden and Manama Cemetery. It is a light pink palace with a pearl-coloured, onion-shaped dome.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/bahrain/8364617/Thousands-gather-outside-Bahrain-palace.html|title=Thousands gather outside Bahrain palace|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 March 2011|accessdate=9 May 2011}}
History
File:Defense.gov News Photo 041009-F-5586B-464.jpg (left) being greeted by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Gudaibiya Palace on 9 October 2004]]
For decades the palace has hosted some of the most important political and economy-related conferences in the country, having a prominent role in the foreign affairs of the country.{{cite book|title=Foreign affairs Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvVtAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=9 May 2011|year=1996|publisher=Pakistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|page=14}}{{cite book|title=Pakistan & Gulf economist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvXsAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=9 May 2011|date=1 January 1983|publisher=Published by S. Akhtar Ali, for and on behalf of Economist Publications}} The proclamation of the accession of Salman Al Khalifa, after his father's death in February 1942 was made from the steps of the Gudaibiya Palace, read by the ruler's uncle, Shaikh Mohammad bin Isa.{{cite book|last=Wheatcroft|first=Andrew|title=Bahrain in original photographs, 1880-1961|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdttAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=9 May 2011|date=4 January 1988|publisher=Kegan Paul International|isbn=978-0-7103-0206-9}} It has a major political function; the King's cabinet usually meets every Sunday at the palace and the Prime Minister has an office at the palace.
The landscaping of the Gudaibiya Palace grounds was carried out, between September 2007 and September 2008, by the Ministry of Works.{{Cite web|url=http://www.works.gov.bh/default.asp?action=article&id=495 |title=Gudaibiya Palace Landscaping |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006192939/http://www.works.gov.bh/default.asp?action=article&id=495 |archivedate=2011-10-06 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emaja79/4446930277/ View of Gudaibiya Palace, residence of the Prime Minister]
Category:Buildings and structures in Manama
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