The Saddam Hussein palace at Babylon is perhaps the most controversial of them all.
The palace was constructed in 1986 just steps from the historic heart of Babel. It’s walls are engraved with his initials and likeness. At the time Saddam embarked upon a massive reconstruction and renovation of Babylon – he even had these refurbished blocks inscribed with the following;
“In the reign of the victorious Saddam Hussein, the president of the Republic, may God keep him the guardian of the great Iraq and renovator of its renaissance and the builder of its great civilization. The rebuilding of the great city of Babylon was done in 1987.”
The palace itself is three stories with an open rooftop area – we secure the permissions to access all areas when we visit the grounds including Saddam’s former bedroom!