Abdeen Palace
Historic palace in Cairo, Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace (Arabic: قصر عابدين), a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952.[1] Since then it is one of the presidential palaces.[1] The palace is centered in its eponymous district, administratively part of the Western Area of Cairo,[2] and part of the Khedival Cairo Area of Value[3] to the west of Historic Cairo.
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Abdeen Palace | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Abdin Square Cairo |
Country | Egypt |
Coordinates | 30°02′30″N 31°14′54″E |
Construction started | 1863 |
Cost | £E2,700,000 |
Technical details | |
Size | 44 feddans |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | French architect Rousseau |
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