List of palaces in Egypt explained

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 palace of an unknown king, Ballas^[1]
• 14th century BC palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata), Luxor
• 1346 BC Amarna palaces of the Pharaoh Akhenaten in al-Minya
• 14th century BC Amenhotep III palace at Avaris (Pi-Ramesses) in the 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 1175 BC The temple and palace of Rameses III at Medinet Habu
• 6th century BC palace of Wahibre (Apries) in Memphis, Egypt^{[4] [5]}

Ptolemaic

• Circa 3rd century BC - 1st century BC Palaces in the Royal Quarter of Alexandria on and to the south of Cape Lochias.^{[6] [7]}
• 50s BC Antirhodos island palace, was erected off of Alexandria's mainland in the Eastern Harbour (later on was submerged by sea). ^[8]

Roman

• 100 AD Roman palace at El Haiz area in the Bahariya Oasis, western desert.

Islamic

• 870 AD Ahmad ibn Tulun Palace at al-Qatta'i in Old Cairo.^[9]
• 12th century AD Fatimid Great Palaces (the Great Eastern Palace and the Western Palace) around the Bayn al-Qasrayn area in Historic Cairo.^{[10] [11]}
• 12th century Cairo Citadel, an Ayyubid dynasty palace^[12]
• 13th century Sultan al-Salih palace in Rhoda Island in Nile in Cairo.^{[13] [14]}
• 13th century The Ablaq Palace of Al-Nasir Mohamed Ibn Qalawun, in Old Cairo.^[15]
• 1293 Amir Khayrbak Palace or Amir Alin Aq Palace at Bab al-Wazir Street, Tabbana Quarter, Old Cairo.^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
• 14th century Palace of Manjak al Yusufi al Silahdar, Cairo Egypt.^[20]
• 1330 Amir Qawsun Palace (Qawsoun Yashbak min Mahdi) in Cairo, Egypt^[21]
• 1334 Beshtak Palace^[22]
• 1352 Amir Taz Palace in Cairo Egypt^{[23] [24]}
• 1366 Palace of Emir Tashtimur (Hummus Akhdar) in Cairo, Egypt^[25]
• 15th century The Ghouri Palace ^{[26] [27]}
• 1496 Amir Mamay Palace (Bait al-Qady)^[28]
• 16th century Bayt Al-Razzaz palace or Palace of al-Ashraf Qaytbay. Darb Al-Ahmer.^[29]
• 1634 House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi, Al-Ghoureya^[30]
• 18th century Kasr Alaini (which later became a Cairo University hospital building)^[31]
• 1731 Harawi Residence^{[32] [33]}
• 1779 Al Musafir Khana Palace (Kasr El Chok), at al-Jamaliyya, Old Cairo.^[34] The birthplace of Khedive Ismail,^[35] it was destroyed by fire in 1998.^[36]
• 1790s Mohammed Bey al-Alfi Palace (where Napoleon lived during his Egyptian campaign).^[33]
• 1794 Bayt al-Sinnari (Palace). Now a museum.^{[37] [38]}

Modern Egypt

• 19th century Bulaq palace of Ismail Pasha in Giza^[39]
• 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^[40]
• 19th century Kasr al-Incha (now the ministry of defense).^[41]
• 19th century Kasr Kamal al-Din (former residence of the ministry of foreign affairs)
• 19th century Zaafarana palace (now the Ain Shams University administration building)^[42]
• 19th century Medhat Yegen Pasha's palace, Garden city, Cairo.(Demolished now)^[43]
• 19th century Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi palace in Giza now demolished
• 19th century Kasr al-Aali
• 19th century Kasr al-Mounira that became the French archeological center (IFAO).
• 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.
• 19th century El-Walda Pasha palace (now demolished).
• 1807 Muhammad Ali's Shubra Palace (Ain Shams faculty of agriculture)^[44]
• 1827 Harem Palaces at the Citadel of Cairo (now the Military museum)^[45]
• 1850s Kasr al-Ismailia. Now abolished it was in the area of the Mogama El-Tahrir government complex.
• 1860s Khairy Pasha palace was minister of education. (It became the campus of the American University in Cairo in the 1920s)^{[46] [47]}
• 1814 Al-Gawhara Palace at Cairo citadel^[22]
• 1854 Kasr al-Nil (now demolished but the area in downtown Cairo still carries its name)
• 1863 Gezirah Palace (now a private hotel)^[48]
• 1863 Abdeen Palace - former royal residence, Cairo^[22]
• 1897 Count Gabriel Habib El-Sakakini Pasha Palace at Old Cairo^{[49] [50]}
• 1898 Anisa Wissa Palace, Fayoum.^[51]
• 1899 Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik palace (now the Manyal Palace museum)^[52]
• 1899 Prince Said Halim Pasha Palace in downtown Cairo.^[53]
• late 19th century Koubbeh Palace, El-Quba^[54]
• 20th century Fouad Serageddin Pasha's palace, Garden city.
• 20th century EL-Dobara palace (now a government school)
• 20th century Tahra palace, El-Zayton^[55]
• 1901 The Palace of Saad Zaghloul Pasha (Beit El-Omma Museum)^[56]
• 1908 Prince Youssef Kamal Palace in Nag Hammadi.^[57]
• 1911 Baron Empain palace^[58]
• 1910 Heliopolis Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo ^[59]
• 1915 Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil palace (now a museum)^[60]
• 1919 Princess Fatma Al-Zahra' Palace, Alexandria, now royal jewelry museum^[61]
• 1920s Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Zamalek (now the Museum of Islamic Ceramics)^[62]
• 1924 Kurmet Ibn Hani' (Ahmed Shawki museum).
• Montaza Palace, Alexandria
• Ras Al-Teen Palace, Alexandria

Others

• Qaroun Palace (Qasr Qaroun) is a Ptolemaic temple in Fayoum.
• Hatshepsut's Palace is Deir el-Bahri Hatshepsut's temple.

External links

• egy.com - List of palaces on the Nile
• Palaces of Pashas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballas: Palace of the late 17th/early 18th Dynasty: the South Palace. University College London.
2. Web site: Lower Egyptian Gallery: Palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah (19th Dynasty). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20030212055714/http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/galleries/merenptah.html. 12 February 2003. University of Pennsylvania Museum.
3. Web site: Palace of Ramses II - Ancient Palace in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South). The Megalithic Portal. 18 February 2006.
4. Web site: Memphis: Palace of Apries, background information. University College London.
5. Web site: Pharaoh Hophra. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070325110036/http://formerthings.com/hophra.htm. 25 March 2007. Former Things.
6. Book: Nielsen, Inge . Hellenistic palaces: tradition and renewal . 1999 . Aarhus university press . 978-87-7288-645-9 . New . Studies in Hellenistic civilization . Aarhus.
7. Book: Riedel, Stefan . Die Basileia von Alexandria: Topographisch-urbanistische Untersuchungen zum ptolemäischen Königsviertel . 2020 . Brepols . 978-2-503-58742-4 . Studies in Classical Archaeology . Turnhout.
8. Web site: The Ptolemaic Legacy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080216130340/http://www.authenticwonders.com/Alexandria/History/legacy.html . 16 February 2008 . Authentic Wonders.
9. Cairo .. Oldest Oriental Civilization . Egypt Magazine . Summer 2006 . Egypt State Information Service . 10 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923193043/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Pub/magazin/summer2006/110231000000000022.htm . 23 September 2009 . dead .
10. Web site: The Architecture of Cairo 4: The Foundation of Fatimid al-Qahira. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6 November 2019.
11. Web site: The Architecture of Cairo: Plan of the Fatimid City with the two palaces and Khitat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6 November 2019.
12. Web site: Cairo Overview. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20030924002413/http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/legacy/egypt/cairo_overview.html. 24 September 2003. Mesa Community College.
13. http://www.alazhr.com/lib/A%20Millennium%20of%20Muslim%20Learing/ch%20III.htm The Mamluk Sultans
14. http://web.mit.edu/lalalu/MacData/afs.course.4/4.615/www/images/3026.htm Plan of the Sultan al-Salih palace
15. Web site: Palaces of Pashas . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080606022200/http://www.seenation.com/view_full_news_details.php?newsid=8518&title=Palaces+of+Pashas . 2008-06-06 . dead .
16. Web site: Amir Alin Aq Palace . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620022321/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7431 . 2010-06-20 . dead .
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18. http://web.mit.edu/4.615/www/images/3050.htm Photo of passage
19. http://web.mit.edu/4.615/www/handout13.htm The Madrasa-Mosque of Amir Khayerbak (1520-21)
20. Web site: Palace of Mangak as-Silahdar . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214004225/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=8016 . 2010-12-14 . dead .
21. http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3532 Amir Qawsun Palace
22. Web site: Bestak Palace museum . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704122724/http://www.egyptianmuseums.net/html/the_beshtak_palace.html . 2008-07-04 . dead .
23. http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2007/10/lured-to-house-of-taz.html The Mameluke Amir Taz Palace history
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25. Web site: Prince Tashtamur palace . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214032652/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7983 . 2010-12-14 . dead .
26. Web site: Al Ghouri palace . 2008-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080519231846/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/762/cu6.htm . 2008-05-19 . dead .
27. Web site: Insert Al-Ghouri Palace . 2008-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518053636/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/420/special.htm . 2008-05-18 . dead .
28. Web site: Bait al-Qady . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525060206/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7933 . 2011-05-25 . dead .
29. Web site: Palace of al-Ashraf Qaytbay . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525060255/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3329 . 2011-05-25 . dead .
30. Jamal al Din al Dhahabi House archnet.org - Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi
31. Web site: Kasr Alaini Medical Faculty & Cairo University Hospitals (Since 1827). EAIMS. 10 September 2021.
32. Web site: Historic Restoration of Harawi Residence, Cairo, Egypt. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
33. Historic House Museums: Conserving and restoring the Harawi and Al-Sinnari houses in Cairo. Museum International. LIII. 2. 22–35. April 2001.
34. http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3527 Musafirkhana Palace
35. Web site: Cairo Attractions: Musafirkhana Palace, Cairo (Qasr el-Shawk, Cairo). Yahoo Travel. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521072251/http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2759257-musafirkhana_palace_cairo-i. 21 May 2011.
36. News: Destruction of Cairo Historic Sites. 23 October 1998. Adel. Darwish. Mid East News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20001019150446/http://mideastnews.com/CAIRO23.htm. 19 October 2000.
37. Web site: Al-Sinnari House . 2008-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120901180417/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7425 . 2012-09-01 . dead .
38. Web site: Historic houses in Cairo . 2008-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120901180417/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7425 . 2012-09-01 . dead .
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40. Web site: hsje.org . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170927/http://www.hsje.org/The%20House%20oof%20Yacoub%20Cattaui.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
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42. http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050506/2005050634.html arabicnews.com - The History of Zaafarama palace
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44. Refai. Amgad. Muhammad Ali Pavilion at Shubra. The Heritage of Egypt. 2009. 2:3. 6. 2–4. 25 November 2016.
45. Web site: Harem palace at Citadel . 2008-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214032350/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3325 . 2010-12-14 . dead .
46. Web site: American University in Cairo . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527222850/http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=3641&menu_id=709&crumb=652&id=9694 . 27 May 2010 . Washington & Jefferson College .
47. Web site: The University. The American University in Cairo.
48. Web site: Gezirah palace . ArchNet . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214012237/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3584 . 2010-12-14 . dead .
49. Web site: Sakakini Palace: How About The Palace That Turns A Hundred Years Old This Year?. Egyptian Mail. 5 April 1997. Samir. Raafat. https://web.archive.org/web/20080225081622/http://www.egy.com/landmarks/97-04-05.shtml. 25 February 2008.
50. Web site: Habib Sakakini Palace . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101214032425/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=8558 . 2010-12-14 . dead .
51. Shahine . Gihan . A constructive streak . Al Ahram Weekly . 25 June – 1 July 1998 . 383 . 24 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145944/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/383/fe1.htm . 15 October 2012 .
52. Web site: Egypt State Information Service . 2020-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080520045459/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Arts%26Culture/Museums/GeneralMuseums/070301000000000007.htm . 2008-05-20 . dead .
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54. Web site: Koubbeh palace: Egypt's Official Guesthouse . Samir . Raafat . Cairo Times . 2 February 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704070335/http://www.egy.com/landmarks/00-02-03.shtml . 4 July 2008 . dead .
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57. Web site: Prince Youssef Kamal Palace. State Information Service. Egypt. 13 July 2022.
58. News: The Belgians of Egypt. Samir. Raafat. Egyptian Mail. 13 May 1995. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060719234702/http://egy.com/community/95-05-13.shtml. 19 July 2006. egy.com.
59. News: The Heliopolis Palace Hotel: A Desert Taj Mahal. Samir. Raafat. Cairo Times. 19 March 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20080219154643/http://www.egy.com/landmarks/98-03-19.shtml. 19 February 2008. egy.com.
60. Web site: Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum . Egypt State Information Service . 2020-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080519203325/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Arts%26Culture/Museums/PlasticArtsMuseums/070302000000000001.htm . 2008-05-19 . dead .
61. Overview - Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria. Egypt Today. 18 August 2017. 2019-11-08.
62. Web site: Museum of Islamic Art . EgyptSites . 2008-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061008105524/http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/lower/cairo/museums/islamic.html . 8 October 2006 . dead .