ThePlace: Assafah Plaza in Riyadh

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• Assafah Plaza has been landscaped with date palms

Assafah Plaza is located between Riyadh’s Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque and Qasr Al-Hukm (known as the Justice Palace) and overlooks Al-Adl Plaza in the west. The royal entrance to Qasr Al-Hukm is at the southern end of the plaza and two pedestrian bridges cross eastward and westward connecting the palace to the capital’s grand mosque. Assafah Plaza has been landscaped with date palms.  
This photograph was taken by Hisham Shamma as part of the Colors of Saudi competition.