TOURISM IN EGYPT: ABDEEN PALACE AND 5 MUSEUMS
The beauty of the garden and some cannons as decorations greet you as you enter the Palace. Inside the Abdeen Palace, there are five museums with priceless collections, making this tour both fun and sacred. The palace was officially inaugurated in 1874 after a 10-year construction period that began in 1863. The palace was built on 24 feddans and was designed by French architect Léon Rousseaubalong, who collaborated with a large number of Egyptian, Italian, French, and European decorators.
The Palace is also notable for its exquisite Italian, Turkish, and French designs and decorations, as well as a collection of rare paintings and gold-plated furniture.
MANIAL PALACE , MUSEUM AND HISTORY OF PRINCE MUHAMMAD ALI TAWFIK
Mohammed Ali Tewfik had a great palace, Al Manial, which he had built in the early 20th century, that contains many artifacts in a vintage architectural ambience. The palace of Prince Muhammad Ali Tawfik was built between 1319 and 1348 AH/ 1900 and 1929 AD, and it consists of an outer wall that surrounds the palace's entrance. David Ohannessian, an Armenian ceramist originally from Kutahya, designed the entryway and mosque's ceramic tile work.
THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC CERAMICS CAIRO AND PRINCE AMR IBRAHIM PALACE ARCHITECTURE
Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace was constructed on the instructions of Prince Amr Ibrahim (1903-1977), a member of the Muhammad Ali family who married Necla Sultan, the granddaughter of Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI, in 1921. The palace served as a summer house for Prince Amr Ibrahim and his wife, Necla Sultan. On November 9, 1953, the palace was declared a state property.
AISHA FAHMY PALACE: CAIRO BEAUTIFUL TREASURE
Antonio Lasciac, famed architect, engineer, poet, and musician of Slovene heritage, designed Aisha Fahmi Palace in 1907 for Aisha's brother, Egyptian aristocrat Ali Fahmy. Aisha Fahmi Palace is designed in classical European style and built overlooking the Nile in Zamalek on a land area of 2700 m2. The grandeur of Aisha Fahmi Palace is firmly planted alongside the Nile River's peaceful flow. Even though it is strategically located (on the main road with a connecting bridge nearby), entering the Aisha Fahmi Palace area is like entering a miracle because it is able to reduce all the hustle and bustle of the city and give different vibes like a comfortable residence and feels so calm because as soon as you enter you are greeted with a large yard with a beautifully landscaped garden, dancing trees in the fresh breeze, and the calm flow of a river.
AISHA FAHMY'S PALACE : HISTORY, BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY?
Aisha Fahmy Palace – Cairo beautiful treasure but this palace has a sad memory on her silence when turn back time at 1923 a story about beauty and tragedy of her owner. The start of tragedy when The Prince of Youth starts falling in love with Marguerite Alibert a socialite from France which start the career when she encountered Madame Denant, who managed a brothel catering to a high-society clientele called Maison de Rendezvous.
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