[1] Inside, it was decorated with marble, luxury furniture and monuments dedicated to Saddam.
Located 20 kilometers from central Baghdad,[1] near the Baghdad International Airport[2] in the west of the city, Radwaniyah Palace was the main presidential site for Saddam and was a typical Presidential site.
It is bordered on the north by Qasr Tall Mihl and Al Urdun (Jordan) Street; on the south by sparse, outlying neighborhoods and on the east by suburbs Al 'Amiriyah and Hayy al-Furat.
High walls surround the former resort; watchtowers contribute to more readily maintaining surveillance and security for the site.
It also included a detention facility which according to Human Rights Watch was able to accommodate up to five-thousand inmates.