Abdeen Palace Museum, Cairo (Egypt)

Jumaa Abdeen Street El Gomhoreya Square Rahbet Abdin Abdeen Cairo Governorate Egypt

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Abdeen Palace Museum

Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as Egypts seat of government from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952. Since then it is 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. Built on the site of a small mansion owned by Abdeen Bey Abdeen Palace which is named after him has adornments paintings and a large number of clocks scattered in the parlors and wings most of which are decorated with pure gold. Built under the rule of Ismail Pasha to become Egypts official government headquarters instead of the Citadel of Cairo this palace was used as well for official events and ceremonies.

Latitude: 30.041667 Longitude :31.248333