List of palaces in Egypt
Egypt contains a large number of palaces, dating from the time of the Pharaohs, through the Romans, Fatimids, Memluks, and the modern Egyptian kingdom.
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][51]
- 1827 Harem Palaces at the Citadel of Cairo.(now the Military museum)[52]
- 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)[53]
- 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)[54]
- 1863 Abdeen Palace - former royal residence, Cairo[25]
- 1897 Count Gabriel Habib El-Sakakini Pasha Palace at Old Cairo [55][56]
- 1898 Anisa Wissa Palace, Fayoum.[57]
- 1899 Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik palace (now the Manyal Palace museum)[58]
- 1899 Prince Said Halim Pasha Palace in Down town Cairo.[59]
- late 19th century Koubbeh Palace, El-Quba[60]
- 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[61]
- 1901 The Palace of Saad Zaghloul Pasha (Beit El-Omma Museum)[62]
- 1911 Baron Empain palace[63]
- 1910 Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo [64]
- 1915 Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil palace (now a museum)[65]
- 1920s Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Zamalek (now the Museum of Islamic Ceramics)[66]
- 1924 Kurmet Ibn Hani' (Ahmed Shawki museum).
- Unknown (Before 1939) Prince Yousef Kamal Palace at Ain Shams district, now Desert research institute.[67]
- 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
- ^ a b Photo of the palace remains
- ^ touregypt.net - Ramesses Nebweben
- ^ Palace of Apries, background information
- ^ Pharaoh Apries Wahibre
- ^ a b c Cleopatra palace Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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 Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c 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
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- ^ Harawi residence
- ^ Historic houses in Cairo
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- ^ Musafirkhana Palace or Qasr el-Shook
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- ^ Destruction of Musafirkhana Palace
- ^ Historic houses & palaces
- ^ Al-Sinnari House
- ^ Historic houses in Cairo
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- ^ GARDEN CITY : A Retrospective PART II, August 20, 1998
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- ^ Refai, Amgad (2009). "Muhammad Ali Pavilion at Shubra" (PDF). The Heritage of Egypt. 2:3 (6): 2–4. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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- ^ Habib Sakakini Palace
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