Birthplace of the House of Saud

The birthplace of the House of Saud sits in the historic Diriyya district on the western edge of Riyadh, marking the origin of the Al-Saud family whose political rise began around 1744 through a pivotal alliance with religious reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. The site's traditional Najdi mud-brick architecture reflects the austere building style of central Arabia's pre-oil era. Now accessible as a museum, it traces the founding of a dynasty that established the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 and has since grown to an estimated 15,000 living members.