Montaza Palace

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Montaza
Mackenzie Castle

The Montaza Palace is an eclectic style palace in Alexandria . The building was built in 1923-28 by Ernesto Verrucci based on the model of the Castello Mackenzie in Genoa .

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  • Mohamed Fouad Awad (Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Alexandria): Italy in Alexandria: influences on the built environment . Alexandria preservation trust, Alexandria 2008.
  • Mohamed Ali Mohamed Khalil: The Italian architecture in Alexandria Egypt. (Thesis submitted to University Kore of Enna to obtain Second level master degree in architecture restoration AA 2008-2009), full text online
  • Mercedes Volait: La communauté italienne et ses édiles. In: Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée. Année 1987, Volume 46, Numéro 46, pp. 137–156, full text online .

Individual evidence

  1. cf. Khalil, p. 23

Web links

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Coordinates: 31 ° 17 ′ 19 ″  N , 30 ° 0 ′ 57.2 ″  E