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.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • Description: palace of Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “‘Ābidīn Palace”
    “Abdeen Palace”
    “Palais Abidine”
    “Qaşr ‘Ābdīn”
    “Qaşr ‘Ābidīn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tahrir Square and Museum of Islamic Art.
, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in , . is situated 1¼ km west of Abdin Palace.
The is a museum in , . is situated 550 metres northeast of Abdin Palace.
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known… is situated 1½ km northwest of Abdin Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Bab al-Louq.
is a neighborhood in downtown .
is the commercial heart of the modern city of .
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Latitude
30.04277° or 30° 2′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.24746° or 31° 14′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G2H26VW+4X
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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”
  • 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”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as El Balaksa and Rahbet Aabdin.

Egypt: Highlights

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