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

Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...

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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.

Overview

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. British clockmaker

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* Timeline of Kuwait City

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