Interior courtyard of the Al-Tayibat City Museum for International Civilization, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Interior courtyard of the Al-Tayibat City Museum for International Civilization, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Dave G. Houser / Alamy Stock Photo

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Interior courtyard of the 300-room former private palace now home to Al-Tayibat City Museum for International Civilization. Notable are the palace's lovely wooden balconies (mashrabiyya) with perforated screens, designed to aid air circulation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.