TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnston,Shirley
AU  - Sunbul,Sharif
TI  - Egyptian palaces and villas, 1808-1960
SN  - 9774249968
AV  - NA1581  .J64 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cairo, Egypt
PB  - The American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Palaces
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Country homes
KW  - Architecture
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 204) and index
N2  - Gawhara Palace -- Shoubra Palace: Nymphaeum -- Ras El-Tin Palace -- Hosh Al-Basha -- Monasterly Salamlik -- Mena House -- Gezira Palace -- Abdin Palace -- Antoniadis Villa and Gardens -- The Khedive Ismail's rest house -- Abd El-Razik Salamlik -- Mohammed Amin Wali House -- L'Hôtel Saint-Maurice -- The Residency "Bayt Al-Lurd" -- Fatima Hanem Chahin House -- The Winter Palace -- Montaza Palace and Salamlik -- The Cataract -- El-Masri Pasha Salamlik -- Bindernagel Villa -- Fakry Abd El-Nour Villa -- Zaafaran Palace -- Manial Palace -- Baron Empain Palace -- Youssef Pasha Soliman Villa -- Loutfy Mansour House -- Prince Youssef Kamel Hall -- Palazzina Dr. Ali Pasha Ibrahim -- Mizrahi Pasha Villa -- Sinout Bey Hanna Villa -- Greiss Villa -- Villa of the Papal Nunciate -- Royal Legation of Italy -- El-Chennoaoui Villa -- Badrawi-Ashour Palace -- Abaza Villa -- Spahi House -- Hamed Said Studio and House -- Toussoun Abu Gabal House -- El-Mallawany House -- El-Mezlawy Palace; This volume presents a dramatization of Egypt and its places, people, and events, singling out 41 palaces as the focus. With a grounding in scholarly works and Egyptian stories and tales, each palace and its owner is described through a narrative, and accompanied by color photos of interiors, exteriors, and
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