Moroccan riad

A Moroccan riad is a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an inside garden or courtyard. A riad normally has two or more storeys around an Andalusian-style courtyard that contained a fountain. They usually do not have outside-facing windows. Riads were the city homes of the wealthiest citizens such as merchants and courtiers.^[1]^[2] The name riad comes from the Arabic word ‘ryad’, meaning a garden.^[3]

Moroccan Riad Media

A riad garden in the Bahia Palace of Marrakesh, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Interior garden in the Generalife of the Alhambra, in Granada, a variation of the riad element in Muslim palace architecture of the region
The Badi Palace in Marrakesh, a riad-style palace on a grand scale, built in the late 16th century by Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur
A restored house in riad-style in Fez
Courtyard of a riad guesthouse in Essaouira (Riad du Figuier)

↑ Wilbaux, Quentin; Lebrun, Michel; McElhearn, Kirk (2008). Marrakesh: The Secret of Courtyard Houses. ACR. p. 380. ISBN 978-2-86770-130-6.
↑ Messier, Ronald A. (2010) The Almoravids and the Meanings of Jihad. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p.126
↑ "What's It Like to Stay in a Moroccan Riad?". Retrieved 15 April 2016.