Al-Qudaibiya Palace

Located off Bani Otbah Avenue and Al Fatih Highway, it lies west of the Al Fateh Grand Mosque and southeast of the Old Palace of Manama and the Andalus Garden and Manama Cemetery.

It is a light pink palace with a pearl-coloured, onion-shaped dome.

[1] For decades the palace has hosted some of the most important political and economy-related conferences in the country, having a prominent role in the foreign affairs of the country.

[2][3] The proclamation of the accession of Salman Al Khalifa, after his father's death in February 1942 was made from the steps of the Gudaibiya Palace, read by the ruler's uncle, Shaikh Mohammad bin Isa.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (left) being greeted by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Gudaibiya Palace on 9 October 2004