List of palaces in Egypt
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This is a list of existing and former palaces in Egypt across all periods, including time of the Pharaohs, the Romans, Fatimids, Mamluks, 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 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]
- 14th century Ablaq Palace of Al-Nasir Muhammad in the Cairo Citadel.[15]
- 1293 Amir Alin Aq Palace or Amir Khayrbak Palace at Bab al-Wazir Street, Tabbana Quarter, in al-Darb al-Ahmar.[16][17][18][19]
- 14th century Palace of Manjak al Yusufi al Silahdar, Cairo Egypt.[15][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 Ghuri Palace [26][27]
- 1496 Amir Mamay Palace (Bait al-Qady)[28]
- 16th century Bayt Al-Razzaz palace or Palace of al-Ashraf Qaytbay in al-Darb al-Ahmar.[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)[41]
- 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[41]
- 19th century Kasr al-Mounira that became the French archeological center (IFAO).[41]
- 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.[41]
- 19th century El-Walda Pasha palace (now demolished).[41]
- 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.[41]
- 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) [41]
- 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)[41]
- 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.
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