Baron Empain Palace

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Baron Empain Palace at Night
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The Baron Empain Palace, in Heliopolis, Cairo.
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The Baron Empain Palace, with concrete structure.

The Baron Empain Palace (Arabic: قصر البارون إمبان‎‎, "Qasr el Baron", or The Palais Hindou, or The Hindu Palace) is a distinctive and historic Indian-inspired mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt. [1][2]

Architecture

The palace was designed by French architect Alexandre Marcel[3] and decorated by Georges-Louis Claude. Inspired by the Hindu temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, it was built between 1907 and 1911, in reinforced concrete.

See also

References

  1. Baron Empain palace: [1]
  2. Baron Empain palace: [2]
  3. Alexandre Marcel: [3]

External links

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