Egypt
- Opening Of The Alexandria Jewllery Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zizinya is one of the most elegant neighbourhoods in Alexandria and the fitting home of the Alexandria Jewellery Museum, which is housed in a sumptuous building originally built as a summer palace for the family of Zeinab...
- Book Review: Abdin Palace
Egyptian Gazette As usual with the Egyptian Gazette, if you are interested in this piece you should have a look at it shortly, because unless changes have been made to their online arrangements recently, the Egyptian Gazette doesn't archive its online...
- Lured To The House Of Taz
Egytpian Gazette (Nayrouz Talaat) The story on this URL will expire shortly, so it has been reproduced in full here. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture is saving the treasures of Islamic Cairo, one of the most popular of them being the Mameluke Amir Taz...
- Mohamed Ali Palace In Greece Reopened
State Information Service Egypt and Greece are to celebrate on October 23-24 the reopening of Mohamed Ali Pasha ruler of Egypt's palace in the Greek city of Kavala after it has been restored and renewed and turned into a Hotel and tourist attraction....
- Al Sakakini Palace Transformed Into Medical Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"Two years ago, the SCA decided to turn Al Sakakini Palace into a museum for the history of medicine and pharmacology. It was only this year that the decision was put into effect.Although the display catalogue...
Egypt
Downtown palace to become history museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ The article on this URL will expire shortly
I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full:
"The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian history museum, according to conservation officials. The palace is surrounded by a large garden and near to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The premises for the new museum are next door to a town house, which was turned into an art gallery a few years ago. Prince Mohamed Said Abdul Halim, a grandson of Mohamed Ali Pasha, commissioned the architect Antonio Lasciac to build the palace. The Montazah in Alexandria and Banque Misr headquarters are among Lasciac's credits. The Palace was later used as a school, the Nassra, from 1934 until 2004, when it was sold to a real estate investment company before it became a listed building.The lower storey of the palace consists of a large hall and a corridor, and the upper floor has a large reception hall. The building boasts of distinctive windows, columns, balconies decorated with human and animal masks. The museum project is part of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership programme, of which one of the aims is to preserve architectural heritage of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The site has been in a poor state of repair for the past 20 years and the decoration has started to deteriorate.The museum will have a hall for screening films and a hall for lectures, plus a library."
I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full:
"The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian history museum, according to conservation officials. The palace is surrounded by a large garden and near to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The premises for the new museum are next door to a town house, which was turned into an art gallery a few years ago. Prince Mohamed Said Abdul Halim, a grandson of Mohamed Ali Pasha, commissioned the architect Antonio Lasciac to build the palace. The Montazah in Alexandria and Banque Misr headquarters are among Lasciac's credits. The Palace was later used as a school, the Nassra, from 1934 until 2004, when it was sold to a real estate investment company before it became a listed building.The lower storey of the palace consists of a large hall and a corridor, and the upper floor has a large reception hall. The building boasts of distinctive windows, columns, balconies decorated with human and animal masks. The museum project is part of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership programme, of which one of the aims is to preserve architectural heritage of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The site has been in a poor state of repair for the past 20 years and the decoration has started to deteriorate.The museum will have a hall for screening films and a hall for lectures, plus a library."
- Opening Of The Alexandria Jewllery Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zizinya is one of the most elegant neighbourhoods in Alexandria and the fitting home of the Alexandria Jewellery Museum, which is housed in a sumptuous building originally built as a summer palace for the family of Zeinab...
- Book Review: Abdin Palace
Egyptian Gazette As usual with the Egyptian Gazette, if you are interested in this piece you should have a look at it shortly, because unless changes have been made to their online arrangements recently, the Egyptian Gazette doesn't archive its online...
- Lured To The House Of Taz
Egytpian Gazette (Nayrouz Talaat) The story on this URL will expire shortly, so it has been reproduced in full here. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture is saving the treasures of Islamic Cairo, one of the most popular of them being the Mameluke Amir Taz...
- Mohamed Ali Palace In Greece Reopened
State Information Service Egypt and Greece are to celebrate on October 23-24 the reopening of Mohamed Ali Pasha ruler of Egypt's palace in the Greek city of Kavala after it has been restored and renewed and turned into a Hotel and tourist attraction....
- Al Sakakini Palace Transformed Into Medical Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp"Two years ago, the SCA decided to turn Al Sakakini Palace into a museum for the history of medicine and pharmacology. It was only this year that the decision was put into effect.Although the display catalogue...