Passage Menasce

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"Passage Menasce" shopping gallery

The Passage Menasce is a shopping arcade in Alexandria , Egypt, based on the model of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan . The architect was Antonio Lasciac .

History and description

The passage was built on Tahrir Square (formerly Mohammed Ali Square) and named after one of the founders of the Sociéte Anonyme des Immeubles d'Égypte , the banker Bohor Levi de Menasce , who also owned the property.

The building was described as a very elegant house that meets all the requirements of the modern way of life. The large Italian commercial building ( "grand commercial Italian building" ) in the Egyptian city was completed from 1883 to 1887 in neo-baroque eclecticism according to designs by the Italian architect Antonio Lasciac . Mércedes Volait shows floor plan and pictures in one work.

literature

  • Mohamed F. Awad: Italy in Alexandria: influences on the built environment . Alexandria preservation trust, Alexandria 2008, pp. 114, 116, 118, 119.
  • Mohamed Ali Mohamed Khalil: The Italian architecture in Alexandria Egypt. Pp. 32-34, 79-80. 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 .

Web links

Commons : Okalle Menasce  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volait, p. 145.
  2. ↑ Licio Amiani in his article on Lasciac. In: Arte del Novecento in Friuli: il Liberty e gli anni venti , t. 1, Udine 1978, pp. 164-166. (see footnote no.48 by M.Volait.)
  3. ^ Volait, p. 147
  4. ↑

    "You nom de l'un des fondateurs de la Sociéte Anonyme des Immeubles d'Égypte, qui en possédait le terrain"

    - Volait, p. 145.
  5. ↑

    "Le banquier Bohor Levi de Menasce, en janvier 1883 ... en lieu et place des anciennes" okelles "du quartier Franc, allaient bientot surgir de nouveaux édifice, pour essentiell dus a des architectes italiens."

    - Volait, p. 144.
  6. ↑ a b

    " The commercial entity of the square is further emphasized by the two large ok - all modeled on the concepts of Milanian Galleria. These were the Grand Okalle Menasce by Antonio Lasciac in 1885… Lasciac's work for the Société des Immeubles d'Égypte, owner of the Okalle Menasce… The building, designed by Lasciac in Neo-Baroque eclectic styles, were described as most elegant and included all the desirables convenences of modern living. "

    - Khalil, 32-33
  7. ↑

    “ The other grand commercial Italian building at the square is Okalle Menasce designed in (1885) by Antonio Lasciac who worked for the Societe des Immeubles d'Egypte, owners of the building. The building… is suffering from the display due to the shop windows and commercial signs… The main façade had some degradations and also the internal facades on the main court suffer from problems. "

    - Khalil, p. 79
  8. ↑ Volait, p. 150: [Plans du rez-de-chaussée et de l'étage courant du passage Menasce].
  9. ↑ Volait, p. 151: [Vue intérieure du passage Menasce (arch. A. Lasciac).]