One last capture of this impressive old Saudi palace, which is currently under restoration in conjunction with its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pictures of other palaces in this historic district accompany the image below.

Information from Wiki is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diriyah and this is from the UNESCO site:

“The At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah was the first capital of the Saudi Dynasty, in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, north-west of Riyadh. Founded in the 15th century, it bears witness to the Najdi architectural style, which is specific to the centre of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 18th and the early 19th century, its regional political and religious role increased, and the citadel of at-Turaif became the centre of the temporal power of the House of Saud and the spread of the Islamic reform movement in Arabia, Wahhabism. The property includes the remains of many palaces and an urban ensemble built on the edge of the ad-Dir'iyah oasis." (UNESCO World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1329 -- in their gallery are a number of images of the old palaces on the site that aren’t accessible to the public at present.)