Moroccan riad been bought by foreigners. This foreign interest has brought new challenges but the investment has helped with the restoration of the UNESCO site and has helped revive many of the handcrafts and artisan trades that were gradually being lost before this trend. Many of the restored riads in the districts of Mouassine and Lakssour offer the finest examples of restoration as historically these areas contained many of the grand palaces from Marrakech's Saadian period. Moroccan riad A riad () is a type of traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard. The word riad originates from the
The Courtyard of a House in Delft the right is a vine growing over a wooden structure, with an open door through the brick wall to the far right, and a woman dressed in white and blue leading a child down steps to the courtyard. The woman is carrying a dish in her other hand, and a bucket and a broom have been left in the courtyard. Similar figures can also be seen in contempraneous works including "A Woman Drinking with Two Men" (1658), and the woman in black and red can be seen in "A Boy Bringing Bread" (1663). A similar composition with the same doorway