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20 Monday , May, 2024
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Manial Palace Museum

 

The Prince Muhammad Ali Manial Palace Museum is one of the most beautiful and important historical museums in Egypt. The museum expresses an important period in the history of modern Egypt and is unique to its magnificent architectural design which combines the Islamic style with the various artistic schools that passed through the land of Egypt such as the Mamluk school. It also includes some levant, Moroccan and Andalusian motifs, and the Persian spirit as well as the Ottoman were popular in it. So, it is considered a comprehensive art school for various elements of Islamic arts.

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Prince Muhammad Ali Pasha Palace consists of several palaces surrounded by an outer wall beginning with the reception hall, clock tower, the Sabil, the mosque, the hunting museum which was recently added in 1963, residence palace was the first palace in the established in 1903, the throne palace, the private museum, and the golden hall, in addition to the wonderful garden surrounding the palace and the unique of Its type.

 

Source: Ministry of Tourism &Antiquities