List of palaces in Egypt
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Egypt contains a large number of palaces, dating from the time of the Pharaohs, through the Romans, Fatimids, Memluks, and the modern Egyptian kingdom.
Contents
Pharaonic
- 16th century BC Unknown king palace, Naqada[1]
- 14th century BC Palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata) in Luxor.
- 1346 BC Amarna palaces of Pharaoh Akhenaten, in al-Minya
- 14th century BC Amenhotep III palace at Avaris (Pi-Ramesses), in Eastern desert.
- 13th century BC Palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah in Memphis, Egypt.[2]
- 13th century BC Palace of Rameses II, Ramesseum, Luxor[3]
- 13th century BC Palace of Rameses II, Fayoum [4]
- 1175 BC The Temple & Palace of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt [3]
- 6th century BC Palace of Wahibre (Apries) in Memphis, Egypt.[5][6]
Ptolemaic
- Circa 2nd century BC The Ptolemaic palace in what is now Silsila district in Alexandria[7]
- 50s BC Caesareum palace which was built by Cleopatra in honor of Julius Caesar or Mark Antony in Alexandria[7]
- 50s BC Antirrhodus island palace, was erected off of Alexandria's mainland in the Eastern Harbour.(later on was submerged by sea) [7]
Roman
- 100 AD Roman palace at El Haiz area in the Bahariya Oasis, western desert.[8]
Arabic
- 870 AD Ahmad ibn Tulun Palace at al-Qatta'i in Old Cairo.[9]
- 12th century AD Fatimid palaces (Eastern & Western) at Khan el-Khalili area at Old Cairo.[10][11][12][13]
- 12th century Ayyubid dynasty palace.[14]
- 13th century Sultan al-Salih palace in Rhoda Island in Nile in Cairo.[15][16]
- 13th century The Ablaq Palace of Al-Nasir Mohamed Ibn Qalawun, in Old Cairo.[17]
- 1293 Amir Khayrbak Palace or Amir Alin Aq Palace at Bab al-Wazir Street, Tabbana Quarter, Old Cairo.[18][19][20][21][22]
- 14th century Palace of Manjak al Yusufi al Silahdar, Cairo Egypt.[17][23]
- 1330 Amir Qawsun Palace (Qawsoun Yashbak min Mahdi) in Cairo, Egypt[24]
- 1334 Beshtak Palace[25]
- 1352 Amir Taz Palace in Cairo Egypt[26][27]
- 1366 Palace of Emir Tashtimur (Hummus Akhdar) in Cairo, Egypt[28]
- 15th century The Ghouri Palace [29][30]
- 1496 Amir Mamay Palace (Bait al-Qady)[31]
- 16th century Bayt Al-Razzaz palace or Palace of al-Ashraf Qaytbay. Darb Al-Ahmer.[32]
- 1634 House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi, Al-Ghoureya[33]
- 18th century Kasr Alaini (later became Cairo University hospital)[34]
- 1731 Harawi Residence[35][36]
- 1779 Al Musafir Khana Palace (Kasr El Chok), at al-Jamaliyya, Old Cairo.[37] Birthplace of Khedive Ismail.[38][39] It was destroyed by fire in 1998 [40]
- 1790s Mohammed Bey al-Alfi Palace (where Napoleon lived during his Egyptian campaign).[41]
- 1794 Al-Sinnari House (Palace). Now a museum.[42][43]
Modern Egypt
- 19th century Bulaq palace of Ismail Pasha in Giza[44]
- 19th century Mena House built by Khedive Ismail, at Giza near pyramids.
- 19th century Kasr al-Nozha, the Cattaui (Egyptian Jewish industrialist) palace in Shubra[45]
- 19th century Kasr al-Incha (now the ministry of defense).[46]
- 19th century Kasr Kamal al-Din (former residence of the ministry of foreign affairs)[46]
- 19th century Zaafarana palace (now the Ain Shams University administration building)[47]
- 19th century Medhat Yegen Pasha's palace, Garden city, Cairo.(Demolished now)[48]
- 19th century Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi palace in Giza now Demolished[49]
- 19th century Kasr al-Aali[46]
- 19th century Kasr al-Mounira that became the French archeological center (IFAO).[46]
- 19th century Kasr al-Amira Iffet Hassan that was later purchased by Princess Shuvekar Ibrahim before becoming the official seat of the council of ministers.[46]
- 19th century El-Walda Pasha palace (now demolished).[46]
- 1807 Muhammad Ali's Shubra Palace (Ain Shams faculty of agriculture)[50]
- 1827 Harem Palaces at the Citadel of Cairo.(now the Military museum)[51]
- 1850s Kasr al-Ismailia. Now abolished it was in the area of the Mogama El-Tahrir government complex.[46]
- 1860s Khairy Pasha palace was minister of education. (It became the campus of the American University in Cairo in the 1920s)[52]
- 1814 Al-Gawhara Palace at Cairo citadel[25]
- 1854 Kasr al-Nil (now demolished but the area in downtown Cairo still carries its name) [46]
- 1863 Gezirah Palace(now a private hotel)[53]
- 1863 Abdeen Palace - former royal residence, Cairo[25]
- 1897 Count Gabriel Habib El-Sakakini Pasha Palace at Old Cairo [54][55]
- 1898 Anisa Wissa Palace, Fayoum.[56]
- 1899 Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik palace (now the Manyal Palace museum)[57]
- 1899 Prince Said Halim Pasha Palace in Down town Cairo.[58]
- late 19th century Koubbeh Palace, El-Quba[59]
- 20th century Fouad Serageddin Pasha's palace, Garden city.
- 20th century EL-Dobara palace (now a government school)[46]
- 20th century Tahra palace, El-Zayton[60]
- 1901 The Palace of Saad Zaghloul Pasha (Beit El-Omma Museum)[61]
- 1911 Baron Empain palace[62]
- 1910 Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo [63]
- 1915 Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil palace (now a museum)[64]
- 1920s Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Zamalek (now the Museum of Islamic Ceramics)[65]
- 1924 Kurmet Ibn Hani' (Ahmed Shawki museum).
- Unknown (Before 1939) Prince Yousef Kamal Palace at Ain Shams district, now Desert research institute.[66]
- Montaza Palace, Alexandria
- Ras Al-Teen Palace, Alexandria
Others
- Qaroun Palace (Qasr Qaroun) is actually a Ptolemaic temple.Fayoum.
- Hatshepsut's Palace is actually Deir el-Bahri Hatshepsut's temple
References
- ↑ Naqada palace
- ↑ Photo of preserved parts of the palace
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Photo of the palace remains
- ↑ touregypt.net - Ramesses Nebweben
- ↑ Palace of Apries, background information
- ↑ Pharaoh Apries Wahibre
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Cleopatra palace
- ↑ The Bahariya Oasis history
- ↑ Old Cairo history
- ↑ Palaces of Pasha
- ↑ Fatimid palaces
- ↑ Plan of the two Fatimid palaces
- ↑ Part of the palace art
- ↑ History of Cairo
- ↑ The Mamluk Sultans
- ↑ Plan of the Sultan al-Salih palace
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Palaces of Pashas
- ↑ Amir Alin Aq Palace
- ↑ Reviving Cairo
- ↑ Ruins of Palace
- ↑ Photo of passage
- ↑ The Madrasa-Mosque of Amir Khayerbak (1520-21)
- ↑ Palace of Mangak as-Silahdar
- ↑ Amir Qawsun Palace
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Bestak Palace museum
- ↑ The Mameluke Amir Taz Palace history
- ↑ Amir Taz Palace
- ↑ Prince Tashtamur palace
- ↑ Al Ghouri palace
- ↑ Insert Al-Ghouri Palace
- ↑ Bait al-Qady
- ↑ Palace of al-Ashraf Qaytbay
- ↑ Jamal al Din al Dhahabi House archnet.org - Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi
- ↑ El-Aini Palace
- ↑ Harawi residence
- ↑ Historic houses in Cairo
- ↑ Musafirkhana Palace
- ↑ Musafirkhana Palace or Qasr el-Shook
- ↑ Description of the Palace
- ↑ Destruction of Musafirkhana Palace
- ↑ Historic houses & palaces
- ↑ Al-Sinnari House
- ↑ Historic houses in Cairo
- ↑ Egypttoday.com - Cultural Cairo
- ↑ hsje.org
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 46.7 46.8 Palaces on the nile
- ↑ arabicnews.com - The History of Zaafarama palace
- ↑ GARDEN CITY : A Retrospective PART II, August 20, 1998
- ↑ Egyptology news
- ↑ touregypt.net
- ↑ Harem palace at Citadel
- ↑ [1] & [2]
- ↑ archnet.org - Gezirah palace
- ↑ egy.com - Sakakaini palace
- ↑ Habib Sakakini Palace
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Egypt State Information Service
- ↑ et - Full Story
- ↑ egy.com - Koubbeh palace
- ↑ egy.com - Tahra palace
- ↑ Cultural Cairo
- ↑ egy.com - The Belgians of Egypt
- ↑ egy.com - Heliopolis Palace Hotel
- ↑ Egypt State Information Service - Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum
- ↑ egyptsites.co.uk
- ↑ Desert research center
