El Manial
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El Manial (Egyptian Arabic: المنيل pronounced [elˈmænjæl], "the nilometer") is a district of Cairo, located on Rhoda Island in the Nile.
Prince Mohamed Ali Palace
The El Manial Palace and garden estate was built for Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik between 1899 and 1929. The Prince is the first cousin of King Faruq and the younger brother of Khedive Abbas II Hilmi. The palace was given to the Egyptian nation in 1955.[1]
El Manial Palace Museum
The complex consists of six structures. Among these structures is a museum in which Faruq's hunting trophies are found, the prince's residence and furnishings and a museum in which some of the family's memorabilia are found. The palace also includes a collection of manuscripts, carpets, textiles, brass work and crystal. Items that can be seen here are a table made of elephant ears and a 1000-piece silver service.
On part of the original grounds a hotel has been built called the Meridian Hotel.[2] The remaining palace gardens have beautiful plants and flowers in an expansive setting fronting a small branch of the Nile.
Al Ainy Palace
The Al Ainy Palace was built in 1466-68 A.D. by Ahmed Ibn Al Ainy. It was used as a government building, a chateau, a military hospital and a primary school. Since 1837 the Al Ainy Palace or Qasr Al Ainy (Kasr AlAiny) has been a medical school[3] and it is now the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University. It has an area of about 44 acres in the northern part of El Manial island, across from El Manial Palace. It is different from the new Kasr Al Ainy Teaching (French) hospital, across the bridge on Cairo side.
See also
References
- ^ "Manial Palace".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Egypt: Cairo: Other - The Manial Palace". www.touregypt.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ El Dib, Nadia. "Kasr Al Ainy, the story of a palace that became a medical school". Kasr Al Ainy Medical Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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