Heliopolis Palace

The Heliopolis Palace is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being , , Montaza Palace and , for the executive office of the President of Egypt.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: one of the Egyptian presidential palaces and residences.
  • Also known as: “Al Ittihadiya Palace”, “Heliopolis Presidential Palace”, “Ittihadia Palace”, “Orouba Palace”, “Qaşr al ‘Urūbah”, and “Qasr al `Urubah”
  • Historically known as: “Palace Hotel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baron Empain Palace and Heliopolis War Cemetery.

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The , also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central , Egypt. is situated 1 km east of Heliopolis Palace.

Cemetery
, which includes two relocated memorials - the Heliopolis Memorial and the Heliopolis Memorial, is a war cemetery and memorial in the Heliopolis district of in for Commonwealth personnel of British Indian Army who died in World War I and World War II. is situated 1½ km southeast of Heliopolis Palace.

Castle
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha. is situated 2 km northwest of Heliopolis Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zeitoun and East Cairo.

Suburb
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, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in , . It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of , reported in 1968–1971.

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The eastern districts of are a series of planned communities which have been built away from the congestion of historic Cairo. The most prominent communities are Heliopolis, Nasr City, and New Cairo.

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is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Heliopolis Palace

Latitude
30.08899° or 30° 5′ 20″ north
Longitude
31.31967° or 31° 19′ 11″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
8G2H38Q9+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33727472
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
7911468
Wiki­data ID
Q3132953
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Heliopolis Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الاتحادية”
  • Arabic: “قصر العروبة”
  • Arabic: “قصر رئاسة الجمهورية بمصر الجديدة”
  • Arabic: “قصر رئاسة”
  • Catalan: “Palau d’Heliòpolis”
  • Catalan: “Palau Ittihadia”
  • Catalan: “Palau Orouba”
  • Chinese: “太阳宫”
  • Chinese: “太陽宮”
  • Chinese: “總統官邸”
  • Chinese: “赫利奧波利斯宮”
  • Chinese: “赫裏奧波里斯宮”
  • Chinese: “赫里奧波里斯宮”
  • Czech: “Heliopolský palác”
  • Danish: “Heliopolis Palace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر الاتحاديه”
  • French: “palais d’el-Orouba”
  • French: “Palais d’el-Orouba”
  • French: “Palais d’Héliopolis”
  • French: “Palais présidentiel d’Héliopolis”
  • French: “Palace Hôtel” (historical)
  • German: “Heliopolis-Palast”
  • German: “Präsidentenpalast in Heliopolis”
  • Hausa: “Fadar Heliopolis”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון הליופוליס”
  • Hindi: “हीलियोपोलिस राष्ट्रपति भवन”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Heliopolis”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di el-Orouba”
  • Macedonian: “Хелиополски дворец”
  • Polish: “Pałac Heliopolis”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Heliópolis”
  • Urdu: “قصر اتحادیہ”

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