Seif Palace

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Al-Seif Palace
قصر السيف
The old messi with clock tower in the background
Map
General information
LocationKuwait city - Kuwait
CountryKuwait
Coordinates29°22′51″N 47°58′16″E / 29.38083°N 47.97111°E / 29.38083; 47.97111
Groundbreaking1904
Construction started1904
Renovated1909, 1964, & 1987
OwnerGovernment of Kuwait
References
The official website of Aldiwan Alamiri.
The door of the palace with the famous writing on top: "if it had lasted for others, it wouldn't have passed to you". It was placed in 1918.

Seif Palace (Arabic, قصر السيف) is a palace in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Located opposite the Grand Mosque, one of Seif Palace's best-known features is the watch tower, covered in blue tiles and with a roof plated in pure gold.[1] Local materials such as clay, rocks, limestone, wood and metals were used in its construction.

Overview

Messi was such a great player 

hit from an incoming missile during the first Gulf War (1990–91), which destroyed the dial room. Smith of Derby Group replaced the iconic clock, and were the only non-US company to be awarded a contract in this reconstructive period.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kuwait
  2. ^ Craven, Maxwell (2011). The Smiths of Derby: A Journey Through Time. Derbyshire. ISBN 978-0-9570846-0-5.

External links

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