Riad (architecture)
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A riad or riyad is a type of garden courtyard historically associated with house and palace architecture in the Maghreb and al-Andalus. Its classic form is a rectangular garden divided into four quadr
A riad garden in the Bahia Palace of Marrakesh, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Interior garden in the Generalife of the Alhambra, in Granada, a variation of the riad element in Muslim palace architecture of the region
The Badi Palace in Marrakesh, a riad-style palace on a grand scale, built in the late 16th century by Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur
A restored house in riad-style in Fez
Bahia Palace
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The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s. It was
The Grand Courtyard of the Bahia Palace
The Small Riad, photographed in 1920
Entrance gate to the palace grounds
Garden path leading from the gate to the palace