The palace was built by Khedive Ismail bin Ibrahim Pasha -fifth ruler of Egypt in the family Alaweya- which is built as soon as he came to power in Egypt in 1863, Abdeen Palace was built instead of an old palace which was the property of one of the military commanders in the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Abdeen Pasha, Khedive Ismail purchased from his widow and torn down by the annexation of some neighboring land to become an area of 24 acres, and Khedive Ismail kept the old owner palace name "Abdeen."
You can visit the museum of the palace daily from 9am till 2pm
Tickets
Egyptians one pound - for foreign residents and students 3 pounds and foreigners 6 pounds.
Abdeen Palace the most important and most famous palaces constructed during the rule of the family of Muhammad Ali of Egypt was the palace was the seat of government since 1872, and has witnessed during this period the most important events that have had a significant role in Egypt's modern history and contemporary.
It came the transfer of the seat of government of the Palace of the Nile and the castle during the reign of Ismail to reflect devote architectural Western influence in Egypt, which began in the era of Muhammad Ali, and back transfer the seat of government of the castle for several reasons, including: the end of the Mamluk era, and as a result of the evolution of artillery guns and Tholhma to a key weapon to defend and attack and thus the lack of importance of the castles as centers of barricaded, and accompanied by a change of the ruling class combination of warriors soldiers rely on the courage to prove their legitimacy, quite civilized layer based on science, and on inheritance, including governance, and the emergence of regular armies that are subject and educates on loyalty to the governor.
تم تشييد القصر على يد الخديوي إسماعيل بن إبراهيم باشا -خامس حكام مصر في الأسرة العلوية- الذي أمر ببنائه فور توليه الحكم في مصر عام 1863، وقد بُني قصر عابدين مكان القصر القديم الذي كان ملكا لأحد القادة العسكريين في عهد محمد علي باشا، وهو عابدين باشا، فقام بشرائه الخديوي إسماعيل من أرملته وهدمه وضم إليه بعض الأراضي المجاورة له لتصبح مساحته 24 فدانا، وأبقى الخديوي إسماعيل على اسم صاحب القصر القديم “عابدين”
مواعيد زيارة المتحف الخاص بقصر عابدين
من التاسعة صباحا حتى الثانية ظهرا
اسعار التذاكر
You can visit the museum of the palace daily from 9am till 2pm
Tickets
Egyptians one pound - for foreign residents and students 3 pounds and foreigners 6 pounds.
Abdeen Palace the most important and most famous palaces constructed during the rule of the family of Muhammad Ali of Egypt was the palace was the seat of government since 1872, and has witnessed during this period the most important events that have had a significant role in Egypt's modern history and contemporary.
It came the transfer of the seat of government of the Palace of the Nile and the castle during the reign of Ismail to reflect devote architectural Western influence in Egypt, which began in the era of Muhammad Ali, and back transfer the seat of government of the castle for several reasons, including: the end of the Mamluk era, and as a result of the evolution of artillery guns and Tholhma to a key weapon to defend and attack and thus the lack of importance of the castles as centers of barricaded, and accompanied by a change of the ruling class combination of warriors soldiers rely on the courage to prove their legitimacy, quite civilized layer based on science, and on inheritance, including governance, and the emergence of regular armies that are subject and educates on loyalty to the governor.
مواعيد زيارة المتحف الخاص بقصر عابدين
من التاسعة صباحا حتى الثانية ظهرا
اسعار التذاكر
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