Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque
Vast stone mosque with twin minarets, linked by covered bridges to the old seat of government.
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This guide to the Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in Riyadh goes back to a Friday in May eighteen thirty-four, when the ruler who built it finished prayers and set off on his usual walk home to the palace. It brings in a second cousin with ambitions, a servant who would not stay locked up, and a son away on campaign in the east. Best heard looking up at the covered bridges between the mosque and the palace.
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