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Description
Property Name: Khuzam Historical Palace
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Makkah
Town: Jeddah
Geographic coordinates: 21°28’23.53″N 39°12’22.22″E
Historic Period: 20th century
Year of Construction: 1932
Style: Hijazi
Original Use: Palace
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
A palace consisting of a group of items such as the Khuzam Palace Museum, King Saud Palace, Khuzam Palace swimming pool and park, King Saud Mosque, nursery, gardens, Islamic Bank, Eid prayer hall, Effat College, and many sports halls and restaurants. The site, with its elements, is a distinguished heritage, cultural and tourism area. The palace forms a model for the style of Jeddah buildings of the second half of 14th century H, with its big buildings, wide rooms, high ceilings, yards and beautiful gardens. The palace was where the first agreement to excavate for petrol in the kingdom was signed.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
State of Preservation
Since 1402H it has been used as a regional heritage center in Jeddah, following renovations by the Museums Department. The magnificent Diwan has been converted into a museum of archaeology and ethnology.
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage