Gezira palace
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The Gezira Palace (also called Zamalek Palace ) in Cairo is a guest house built between 1863 and 1868 by the German architect Julius Franz for high-ranking visitors to the Khedive Ismail Pasha . It was used, among other things, to accommodate guests of honor in 1869 on the occasion of the opening of the Suez Canal (including Empress Eugénie of France ). Located on the Nile island of Gezira and equipped with a large garden, the palace was converted into a regular hotel after 25 years . From 1894 it belonged to the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits hotel chainwho sold it again in 1905. After that, from 1911 onwards, it served as the Ludfulla family's private villa for several decades. In 1963 the villa was transferred to the state and operated as the Omar Khayyam Hotel . It has been integrated into a hotel in the Marriott chain since 1974 . The cast-iron jewelry architecture of neo-Islamic character designed by Carl von Diebitsch and prefabricated in the Lauchhammer foundry is remarkable . The historic premises were restored in the 1970s.
literature
- Elke Pflugradt-Abdel Aziz: Islamized architecture in Cairo: Carl von Diebitsch and the court architect Julius Franz - Prussian entrepreneurship in 19th century Egypt. Dissertation University of Bonn 1992.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Mühl, Jürgen Klein: Traveling in luxury trains. The International Sleeping Car Society . EK-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2006, p. 296.
Coordinates: 30 ° 3 ′ 25.6 ″ N , 31 ° 13 ′ 29.4 ″ E