Baron Empain Palace

The Baron Empain Palace, also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central , Egypt.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: architectural structure in Heliopolis, a suburb near Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “El Palais Hindou” and “Le Palais Hindou”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heliopolis Palace and Heliopolis War Cemetery.

Castle
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The 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. is situated 1 km west of Baron Empain 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 1 km south of Baron Empain Palace.

School
The Collège de la Sainte Famille, often abbreviated as CSF and referred to as Jésuites, is a private Catholic international school for boys run by the Near East province of the Society of Jesus in , . is situated 670 metres northeast of Baron Empain Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Cairo and Zeitoun.

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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. is also located in this area, just to the east of Heliopolis.

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. is situated 2½ km northwest of Baron Empain Palace.

Suburb
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/ Victory City forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of , . It is administratively divided into West/One, and East/Two. is situated 4 km south of Baron Empain Palace.

Baron Empain Palace

Latitude
30.08666° or 30° 5′ 12″ north
Longitude
31.33025° or 31° 19′ 49″ east
Inception
1907
Open location code
8G2H38PJ+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24886453
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q808618
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Baron Empain Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر البارون أمبان”
  • Arabic: “قصر البارون إمبان”
  • Arabic: “قصر البارون امبان”
  • Arabic: “قصر البارون”
  • Arabic: “قصر بارون أمبان”
  • Chinese: “恩潘男爵宫”
  • Danish: “Baron Empain-paladset”
  • Dutch: “Hindoevilla”
  • Dutch: “Paleis van Baron Empain”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر البارون امبان”
  • Finnish: “Paroni Empainin palatsi”
  • French: “palais du Baron Empain”
  • French: “Palais du Baron Empain”
  • French: “palais Hindou”
  • German: “Baron Empain Palace”
  • German: “Palast des Barons Empain”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Baron Empain”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del Barone Empain”
  • Persian: “کاخ بارون امپان”
  • Persian: “کاخ بارون امپاین”
  • Russian: “дворец барона Эмпейна”
  • Russian: “Замок барона Эмпена”
  • Swedish: “Baron Empain-palatset”
  • Telugu: “బారన్ ఎంపైన్ ప్యాలెస్”
  • Turkish: “Baron Empain Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “палац барона Емпайна”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац барона Емпена”
  • Urdu: “قصر البارون امبان”

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