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Al-Seif Palace
Al-Seif Palace
قصر السيف
	The old seif palace with clock tower in the background
General information
Location	Kuwait city -
Country	Kuwait
Coordinates	29°22′51″N 47°58′16″E / 29.38083°N 47.97111°E
Groundbreaking	1880
Construction started	1880
Renovated	1909, 1964, & 1987
Owner	Government of Kuwait
References
	The official website of Aldiwan Alamiri.

The door of the palace with the famous writing on top: "if it had lasted for others, it wouldn't have passed to you". It was placed in 1918.

Seif Palace (Arabic, قصر السيف) is a palace in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Located opposite the Grand Mosque, one of Seif Palace's best-known features is the watch tower, covered in blue tiles and with a roof plated in pure gold.^[1] Local materials such as clay, rocks, limestone, wood and metals were used in its construction.

Overview

The tower of the Seif Palace received a direct hit from an incoming missile during the first Gulf War (1990–91), which destroyed the dial room. Smith of Derby Group replaced the iconic clock, and were the only non-US company to be awarded a contract in this reconstructive period.^[2]