El Qobbah Explained

Hadaek al-Qubbah (Qubbah Gardens,) is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1]

History

It used to be a palatial garden district in the 19th century as was Shubra before it. The Qubbah Palace was built in the mid 19th century by a royal and bought in 1866 by Khedive Ismail as a suburban retreat from his official residence, Abdeen Palace, in central Cairo.[2]

In the early 20th century, a daughter of the khedive built the Tahra Palace nearby.[3] At the same time, Cairo was witnessing a real estate boom with the planning of a number of residential suburbs including Zamalek, Maadi and Heliopolis and in 1906, the Koubbeh Gardens Building Land Company bought 96 acres between Abbasiya and the palaces to develop.[4] [5]

The district was once an affluent neighborhood with enormous mansions covering the area. Today, high blocks cover the once richly-gardened district.

References

  1. Web site: Areas . 2022-12-22 . Cairo Governorate.
  2. Web site: Rafaat . Samir . Koubbeh Palace: Egypt's Official Guesthouse . 8 April 2011 . Egy.
  3. Raafat . Samir . 10 June 1999 . TAHER PASHA OF TAHRA PALACE . dead . Cairo Times . Cairo, Egypt . 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004162047/http://www.egy.com/landmarks/99-06-10.shtml . 4 October 2009.
  4. Web site: Rafaat . Samir . 2010 . Koubbeh Gardens . 2023-02-08 . www.egy.com.
  5. Web site: Cairo [El Qobbah]]. 2021-08-08. digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu. en.

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