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Shubra Historical Palace | Taif
Construction began in 1904 and ended two years later in 1906. It was established by Sharif Ali bin Aoun, Prince of Makkah and Hejaz at the time. After the unification of the Kingdom, King Abdulaziz took it, followed by King Faisal, as the seat of government during the summer period. Then, it turned into an office for the Ministry of Defense during Prince Sultan’s tenure of the ministry. Converted during the reign of King Fahd to the Taif Regional Museum.
The palace was named after the Shubra area in Egypt, which was considered a high-end residential at the beginning of its construction, its architectural style is a mixture between Hejazi and Roman architecture, the palace consists of a basement topped by three floors with about one hundred and fifty rooms, marble was imported from Italy and wood from Turkey and Singapore and worked on it The most skilled craftsmen from the Hijaz and beyond, the palace had a lush garden, most of which was removed for the purpose of expansion.
Currently, it is the Taif Regional Museum, which contains many Islamic and earlier antiquities
