Seif Palace (Arabic, قصر السيف) is a palace in Kuwait City,

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. Located opposite the Grand Mosque, one of Seif Palace's best-known features is the watch tower, covered in blue tiles and with a roof plated in pure

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. Local materials such as clay, rocks, limestone, wood and metals were used in its construction.

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The tower of the Seif Palace received a direct hit from an incoming missile during the first

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(1990–91), which destroyed the dial room.

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