Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace

Coordinates: 30°03′19″N 31°13′33″E / 30.0552°N 31.2257°E / 30.0552; 31.2257
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Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace
Map
General information
Architectural styleNeo-Ottoman
Town or city
Euros
($257m)
ClientPrince Amr Ibrahim
Technical details
Size850 square meters
Design and construction
Architect(s)Garo Balyan

The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in

ceramics museum
, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center.

History and location

The palace is located in the

the Nile, of Zamalek in Cairo.[1] It was built on the orders of Prince Amr Ibrahim (1903–1977), member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, in 1921.[2][3][4] Prince Amr Ibrahim was the husband of Necla Sultan, granddaughter of Ottoman ruler Mehmed VI, also known as Vahideddin.[5] The architect of the building was Garo Balyan, the youngest member of the Balyan family.[6] The cost of the construction was about 200 million euros ($257 million).[4]

The palace was used by Prince Amr Ibrahim and his wife, Necla Sultan, as a summer residence.[7][8]

Style and layout

The architectural style of the palace is neo-Ottoman[9] and neo-Islamic.[10] It also reflects dominant styles of the Muhammad Ali dynasty in terms of its architectural and decorative style.[11] There are also Moroccan and Andalusian influences in the architecture of the palace.[10]

Total area of the building is 850 square meters.[7][12] It is made of a basement and two floors.[7] In the entrance hall there is a marble fountain decorated with blue ceramics.[1] The palace is surrounded by a 2,800 square meter garden.[13]

Use

The palace became a state property on 9 November 1953 following the

Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil.[13]

In 1998 the building was renovated by the Egyptian architect Aly Raafat[7] and became home to the Museum of Islamic Ceramics in February 1999.[16][17] As of January 2019 it was closed for restoration for at least 2 years.

References

  1. ^ a b El Aref, Nevine (4–10 March 1999). "Take some steps back in time". Al Ahram (419). Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Famille Souveraine". Egypt e dantan. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Museum of Islamic Ceramics: Beautiful Browsing for the History-phobes". Cairo 360. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Egypt: The return of the King?". Al Jazeera. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ^ Murat Bardakçı (8 October 2006). "Mustafa Kemal, önceki gün vefat eden Neclá Sultan'ın annesiyle evlenmek istemişti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ Samir Raafat. "Cairo's belle époque architects 1900 - 1950". EGY. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d "Museum of Islamic Ceramics". Egypt Holidays Directory. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1
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  9. ^ a b Samir Raafat (4 February 1999). "The Palace of Prince Amr Ibrahim". Cairo Times. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  10. ^ a b Mohamed Ahmed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Enab (Winter 2019). "Saray of Prince Amr Ibrahim in Zamalek Archaeological and documental study in the light of a new document published for the first time". Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists. 20 (1).
  11. ^ "Gezira Art Center". DI-EGY Festival. 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Architecture in Egypt". MIT. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  13. ^ a b Yasser Talaat (23 February 1999). "Middle East's First Museum of Islamic Ceramics". Inter Press Service. Cairo. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  14. ^ "History of Zamalek". Zamalek 101. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  15. ISBN 978-0-470-40343-3
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  16. ^ a b "The China syndrome". Al Ahram Weekly (557). 25–31 October 2001. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  17. ^ "Islamic Ceramic Museum". Eternal Egypt. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

External links

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