Abdin Palace

Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the 1952 Egyptian revolution.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: palace of Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “‘Ābidīn Palace”, “Abdeen Palace”, “Palais Abidine”, “Qaşr ‘Ābdīn”, “Qaşr ‘Ābidīn”, and “Qasr `Abidin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum.

Square
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, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in , . The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations. is situated 1¼ km west of Abdin Palace.

Museum
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the and also called the Cairo Museum or the in Cairo, is a national history museum in , Egypt. is situated 1½ km northwest of Abdin Palace.

Museum
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The is a museum in , . The museum has a collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world. is situated 550 metres northeast of Abdin Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Bab al-Louq.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

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is the commercial heart of the modern city of . In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.

Abdin Palace

Latitude
30.04277° or 30° 2′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.24746° or 31° 14′ 51″ east
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
8G2H26VW+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24942979
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
425182
Wiki­data ID
Q307747
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Abdin Palace” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Pallati Abdin”
  • Arabic: “قصر عابدين”
  • Armenian: “Պալատ Աբդին”
  • Basque: “Abdin jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Абдзін”
  • Chinese: “埃及冬宮”
  • Chinese: “蒂恩角宮”
  • Dutch: “Abdeen Palace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر عابدين”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco Abdeen”
  • Finnish: “Abadainin palatsi”
  • French: “Palais d’Abedin au Caire”
  • French: “palais d’Abedin”
  • French: “Palais d’Abedin”
  • German: “Abdeen-Palast”
  • German: “Abdin-Palast”
  • German: “Qasr Abdin”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון עאבדין”
  • Igbo: “Abdeen Palace”
  • Igbo: “Palais Abidine”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Abdeen”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Abidin”
  • Italian: “Palazzo ‘Abidin”
  • Italian: “Palazzo ’Abidin”
  • Japanese: “アブディーン宮殿”
  • Japanese: “アブデン宮殿”
  • Korean: “압딘 궁전”
  • Persian: “کاخ عابدین”
  • Persian: “کاخ‌موزه عابدین”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Abdeen”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Abdin”
  • Russian: “Дворец Абдин”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Abdeen”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Abdín”
  • Swedish: “Abdeenpalatset”
  • Tamil: “அப்தீன் அரண்மனை”
  • Turkish: “Abidin Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Абдін”
  • Urdu: “قصر عابدین”

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