Abdeen Palace Cairo Egypt

Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, 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. Since then it has been one of the presidential palaces. The palace is centered in its eponymous district, administratively part of the West…
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, 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. Since then it has been one of the presidential palaces. The palace is centered in its eponymous district, administratively part of the Western Area of Cairo, and part of the Khedival Cairo Area of Value to the west of Historic Cairo.
  • Town or city: Abdin Square · Cairo
  • Country: Egypt
  • Construction started: 1863
  • Cost: £E2,700,000
  • Size: 44 feddans
  • Architect(s): French architect Rousseau

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