Al Abtal Gate

Al-Abtal Gate

بوابة الأبطال
Al-Abtal Gate monument, 2023, on the side of Nemar suburb
24°31′33″N 46°26′15″E / 24.52583°N 46.43750°E / 24.52583; 46.43750
Location	Highway 40, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Beginning date	2001
Opening date	21 April 2013; 11 years ago (21 April 2013)
Dedicated to	Abdulaziz ibn Saud

Al-Abtal Gate (Arabic: بوابة الأبطال, lit. 'Gate of the Heroes'), or Riyadh al-Gharbia Gate (Arabic: بوابة الرياض الغربية, lit. 'Western Gate of Riyadh'), is a pair of symmetrical memorial monuments situated on the either side of Highway 40 (Makkah al-Mukarramah Road) at the Qiddiya civilian checkpoint in southwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, officially partitioned between King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy from the north and Nemar suburb from the south. Constructed from 2001 to 2013 and modelled mainly after the Masmak Fortress, it commemorates the Battle of Riyadh of 1902 and is a local visitor attraction besides being a stopover for travellers passing through the city’s western exit.