Al Watan Park
Landscaped park of canals and waterfalls around a striking 1971 concrete water tower.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Al Watan Park in Riyadh centres on the striped concrete water tower at its heart, and on a city that was growing faster than its pipes in the late nineteen-sixties. It follows a Swedish architect, a mushroom-shaped tower back home in Orebro, and a sum about the tower's height that refuses to come out even. Stand near the canals at the tower's base and look straight up as it begins.
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