About Qasr Al Hosn - قصر الحصن

Qasr Al Hosn (قصر الحصن) despite the skyscrapers towering above its white walls today, Qasr Al Hosn (also known as Al Hosn Palace or White Palace) has remained a landmark and icon of Abu Dhabi, telling the story of rulership by the Al Nahyan family going back to the 18th century.

With the expansion of the settlement and rising commercial importance of Abu Dhabi, the watchtower was amended by the addition of fortification walls which were expanded into a fort by Sheikh Shakhboot bin Diyab around 1795. Since then Qasr Al Hosn combined administration, as well as residence facilities, for the ruling Al Nahyan family.

In 2007, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) launched a comprehensive expansion plan for the palace, in order to preserve its historical structure in a way that gives justice to its role as a landmark for Abu Dhabi.

From its humble beginnings as a single watchtower to a government administration centre for a modern nation-state, the construction and expansion of Qasr Al Hosn reflect on a small scale the development of Abu Dhabi Emirate on the whole.

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