Moroccan riad facts for kids

A Moroccan riad is a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an inside garden or courtyard. A riad normally has two or more storeys around an Andalusian-style courtyard that contained a fountain. They usually do not have outside-facing windows. Riads were the city homes of the wealthiest citizens such as merchants and courtiers. The name riad comes from the Arabic word ‘ryad’, meaning a garden.

Related pages

• Moroccan architecture

Images for kids

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  A riad garden in the Bahia Palace of Marrakesh, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

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  Interior garden in the Generalife of the Alhambra, in Granada, a variation of the riad element in Muslim palace architecture of the region

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  The Badi Palace in Marrakesh, a riad-style palace on a grand scale, built in the late 16th century by Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur

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  A restored house in riad-style in Fez

See also

In Spanish: Riad (arquitectura) para niños