Al Baraka Palace
| Al Baraka Palace | |
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بيت البركة | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Town or city | Seeb |
| Country | Oman |
| Coordinates | 23°42′24″N 58°05′19″E / 23.70658°N 58.08867°E |
| Owner | Sultan of Oman |
Al Baraka Palace (Arabic: بيت البركة Bait al-Baraka, also known as Seeb Palace) is a royal palace in Seeb, on the outskirts of Muscat.[1] It is the primary residence of the Sultan of Oman.[2][3]
History
The palace was designed by British architects, Page and Broughton,[4] in a relatively modest style, surrounded by gardens, and completed in the 1970s.[5] Six villas, a majlis, and a sports hall were added to the palace complex in 1987. They were designed and built by the Cyprus based architecture firm, J+A Philippou.[6]
Oman Mammal Breeding Center
The Oman Mammal Breeding Center, which aims to study and help preserve genetic material of endangered species, is on the grounds of Al Baraka Palace and under the control of the Environment Conservation Office. It is home to Arabian leopard,[7] Arabian oryx, Arabian Tahr,[8] and Nubian ibex.[9]
References
- ^ Darke, Diana (21 December 2010). Oman, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-84162-332-0.
- ^ "Seeb is the state that the late Sultan chose as his residence most of the time". Al Watan. 23 January 2020.
- ^ Peterson, John (2006). Historical Muscat. Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-9-0041-5266-3.
- ^ "Political situation in Oman". Arabian Gulf Digital Archives. National Library and Archives of the UAE. 1973. p. 74.
- ^ "Briefing for the visit by the Prince of Wales". National Archives. 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Bait al Barakah". J+A Philippou Architects Engineers.
- ^ Edmonds (2006). "History of the Arabian leopard Captive Breeding Programme". Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue - Arabian Leopard.
- ^ Al-Rawahi (2022). "Complete mitochondrial genome of endangered Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari) and phylogenetic placement". Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources. 7 (6): 1189–1190. doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2090295. PMC 9248954. PMID 35783068.
- ^ Al-Ghafri (2021). "Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5). Bibcode:2021RSOS....810125A. doi:10.1098/rsos.210125. PMC 8150036. PMID 34084548.