 It is located along Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum St and is a part of the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation.Qasr al-Hosn, also known as the "White Fort" (originally not white in colour but painted bright white during 1976–1983 renovations) or "Old Fort", was constructed in 1761 as a conical watchtower to defend the only freshwater well in Abu Dhabi island.The tower was later expanded into a small fort in 1793 by the then ruler, Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan, and became the permanent residence of the ruling Sheikh.