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Image attribution: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — Saudi Photos Hub, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; placed uncropped and unscaled on a cream (#f4efe5) background to fit the article cover / وكالة الأنباء السعودية (واس) — Saudi Photos Hub، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0 عبر ويكيميديا كومنز؛ وُضعت كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير على خلفية كريمية (#f4efe5) لتناسب غلاف المقالة · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
1989م – 2026م

Al-Tayebat Museum

Al-Tayebat Museum is a heritage museum in the city of Jeddah, in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Al-Faisaliyyah district on an area of 10,000 square meters and comprising 12 heritage buildings. It was founded in 1989 and opened to visitors in 1999, and holds more than 365 exhibition halls and a library of more than 200,000 books and references, alongside wings documenting the unification of the Kingdom and Islamic civilization.

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Image attribution: Saudi Press Agency (SPA), licence CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Modified: cropped to a horizontal band only (y=500, 1920×672), no upscaling and no content alteration; the derivative is shared under the same licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). / وكالة الأنباء السعودية (واس / Saudi Press Agency — SPA)، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز. عُدِّلت الصورة بقصّ شريط أفقي فقط (y=500، 1920×672) دون تكبير ولا تعديل على المحتوى، فتُنسب النسخة المشتقة تحت الرخصة نفسها (CC BY-SA 4.0). · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2018م–2026م

Qiddiya

Qiddiya is a Saudi city for entertainment, sports and culture located west of the capital Riyadh, and the first city in the world built on the concept of play. It is developed by Qiddiya Investment Company, one of the companies of the Public Investment Fund, and extends over an area of more than 360 square kilometres.

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Image attribution: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Placed uncropped on a blurred background at 1920×672 / وكالة الأنباء السعودية (واس) — رخصة المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنَّف/المشاركة بالمثل 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز. وُضعت كاملة دون قص على خلفية مموّهة بمقاس 1920×672 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2019م–2026م

Riyadh Season

Riyadh Season is an annual entertainment season held in the city of Riyadh and supervised by the General Entertainment Authority, whose first edition launched on 11 October 2019. It is spread across multiple entertainment zones and attracts millions of visitors from within the Kingdom and abroad; the 2023 edition reached 20 million visitors at its close.

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Image attribution: Photo of the Khuzam Palace Museum building (Khuzam Palace) in Jeddah — Source: Wikimedia Commons, file «قصر خزام جدة.jpg»: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:قصر_خزام_جدة.jpg — author/rights: Heritage Commission — license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike). Modified: the original photo (4496×3000) was downscaled and placed complete, with no cropping and no upscaling, centred on a 1920×672 cover over a blurred cream #f4efe5 backdrop derived from it; no elements or text added. / صورة مبنى متحف قصر خزام (قصر خزام) في جدة — المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز، الملف «قصر خزام جدة.jpg»: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:قصر_خزام_جدة.jpg — المؤلف/الحقوق: هيئة التراث (Heritage Commission) — الرخصة: CC BY-SA 4.0 (المشاركة بالمثل). التعديل: صُغِّرت الصورة الأصلية (4496×3000) ووُضعت كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير في وسط غلاف 1920×672 على خلفية مموّهة كريمية #f4efe5 مشتقّة منها، دون إضافة أي عنصر أو نص. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
1928م–2019م

Khuzam Palace Museum

Khuzam Palace Museum is a Saudi museum housed in the historic Khuzam Palace in the Al-Nuzlah Al-Yamaniyah district, southeast of the city of Jeddah in the Makkah Region. King Abdulaziz ordered the construction of the palace in 1928 and it was completed in 1932; it witnessed the signing of the first oil exploration agreement in 1933, and it was later converted into a museum that opened in March 1995.

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Image attribution: Media Center of Red Sea Global — "Visualization of the Amaala project on the Red Sea coast", via Saudipedia. All rights reserved. The 1920x672 cover was prepared by placing the image complete, without cropping or enlarging, on a blurred cream background. / المركز الإعلامي لشركة البحر الأحمر الدولية — «صورة تخيلية لمشروع أمالا على ساحل البحر الأحمر»، عبر سعوديبيديا. جميع الحقوق محفوظة. أُعدّت نسخة الغلاف 1920×672 بوضع الصورة كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير على خلفية مموّهة كريمية. · License: © شركة البحر الأحمر الدولية (المركز الإعلامي) — جميع الحقوق محفوظة
2018م–2026م

Amaala

Amaala is an ultra-luxury tourist destination on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia in Tabuk Province, within the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Nature Reserve, launched by the Public Investment Fund in September 2018. It is built on a new concept of luxury tourism centred on recuperation, health and treatment, with world-class resorts and a first-phase investment of fifty-one billion and four million Saudi riyals.

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Image attribution: Photo of the Shubra Palace Museum building (Shubra Palace) in Taif — Source: Wikimedia Commons, file «قصر شبرا.jpg»: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:قصر_شبرا.jpg — author/rights: Heritage Commission — license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike). Modified: the original photo (4496×3000) was downscaled and placed complete, with no cropping and no upscaling, centred on a 1920×672 cover over a blurred cream #f4efe5 backdrop derived from it; no elements or text added. / صورة مبنى متحف قصر شبرا (قصر شبرا) في الطائف — المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز، الملف «قصر شبرا.jpg»: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:قصر_شبرا.jpg — المؤلف/الحقوق: هيئة التراث (Heritage Commission) — الرخصة: CC BY-SA 4.0 (المشاركة بالمثل). التعديل: صُغِّرت الصورة الأصلية (4496×3000) ووُضعت كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير في وسط غلاف 1920×672 على خلفية مموّهة كريمية #f4efe5 مشتقّة منها، دون إضافة أي عنصر أو نص. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
1905م–2024م

Shubra Palace Museum

Shubra Palace Museum is a Saudi museum in the historic Shubra Palace in the city of Taif, in the Makkah Region, and is a prominent historic landmark distinguished by the elegance of its design and the grandeur of its traditional architecture. The palace was built in 1905, consists of four floors containing about 150 rooms, and was converted into a museum in 1408 AH/1986.

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Image attribution: Photo of the Jeddah Season entertainment zone — Source: Saudipedia (Saudi knowledge platform), article 'موسم جدة' (Jeddah Season): https://saudipedia.com/موسم-جدة — the article's lead image. Rights: © Ministry of Media 2026, Saudipedia — all rights reserved; no licence is stated on the page. Modified: image kept complete (no cropping, no upscaling) and centred on a 1920×672 cover over a blurred cream (#f4efe5) backdrop derived from it; no elements or text added. / صورة هيئة «موسم جدة» الترفيهية — المصدر: سعوديبيديا (منصة المعرفة السعودية)، المقالة «موسم جدة»: https://saudipedia.com/موسم-جدة — وهي الصورة الرئيسية للمقالة. الحقوق: © وزارة الإعلام 2026، سعوديبيديا — جميع الحقوق محفوظة، ولا تحمل الصفحة رخصة محدّدة. التعديل: أُبقيت الصورة كاملةً دون قص ولا تكبير ووُضعت في وسط غلاف 1920×672 على خلفية مموّهة كريمية #f4efe5 مشتقّة منها، دون إضافة أي عنصر أو نص. · License: © وزارة الإعلام (سعوديبيديا) — جميع الحقوق محفوظة، غير محدّد
2019م–2025م

Jeddah Season

Jeddah Season is a Saudi entertainment season held in the city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, and one of the seasons of the Saudi Seasons 2019 initiative announced on 27 February 2019. Its events are held across several zones in Jeddah and include artistic, theatrical, and marine shows, concerts, and exhibitions, and its editions continued in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

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Image attribution: Photo: Media Center of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, published in the Saudipedia article "Al-Faisal Museum for Arab-Islamic Art"; cropped and resized to a 1920×672 cover. / الصورة: المركز الإعلامي لمركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية، منشورة في مقالة «متحف الفيصل للفن العربي الإسلامي» على سعوديبيديا؛ عُدِّلت باقتصاصها وضبطها إلى غلاف 1920×672. · License: حقوق محفوظة — سعوديبيديا (وزارة الإعلام)؛ الصورة من المركز الإعلامي لمركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية
1405هـ–2022م

Al Faisal Museum for Arabian and Islamic Art

Al Faisal Museum for Arabian and Islamic Art is a Saudi museum in Riyadh affiliated with the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, opened on 6 Ramadan 1438 AH, corresponding to 1 June 2017. It displays more than 200 rare heritage pieces and unique manuscript and printed copies of the Qur'an across two halls, and comprises six museum collections.

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Image attribution: Richard Mortel — Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (CC BY 2.0). Modified: cropped to a 1920×672 horizontal band from the 6000×4000 original; no upscaling, no other edits. / ريتشارد مورتل (Richard Mortel) — ويكيميديا كومنز، رخصة المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنَّف 2.0 (CC BY 2.0). عُدِّلت: قُصّ شريط أفقي 1920×672 من الصورة الأصلية 6000×4000 دون تكبير ولا تنقيح آخر. · License: CC BY 2.0
2023م–2026م

Elephant Rock (Jabal AlFil)

Elephant Rock (Jabal AlFil) is a massive rock formation in AlUla Governorate, in the Madinah Region. Resembling an elephant in form and rising about 52 metres above ground, it is one of the most prominent geological landmarks and tourist destinations in AlUla [1][2].

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