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 Cairo, Egypt.Photo: Bishoy Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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.
Heliopolis Palace
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Heliopolis Palace is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Abdeen Palace, Koubbeh Palace, Montaza Palace and Ras El Tin Palace, for the executive office of the President of Egypt. Heliopolis Palace is situated 1 km west of Baron Empain Palace.
Heliopolis War Cemetery
Cemetery
Heliopolis War Cemetery, which includes two relocated memorials - the Heliopolis Memorial and the Heliopolis Memorial, is a war cemetery and memorial in the Heliopolis district of Cairo in Egypt for Commonwealth personnel of British Indian Army who died in World War I and World War II. Heliopolis War Cemetery is situated 1 km south of Baron Empain Palace.
College de la Sainte Famille
School
The Collège de la Sainte Famille, often abbreviated as CSF and referred to as Jésuites, is a private French Catholic international school for boys run by the Near East province of the Society of Jesus in Cairo, Egypt. College de la Sainte Famille is situated 670 metres northeast of Baron Empain Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cairo and Zeitoun.
East Cairo
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The eastern districts of Cairo 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.
Zeitoun
Suburb
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Zeitoun, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in Cairo, Egypt. It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of Zeitoun, reported in 1968–1971. Zeitoun is situated 2½ km northwest of Baron Empain Palace.
Nasr City
Suburb
Photo: Estr4ng3d, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nasr City / Victory City forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is administratively divided into Nasr City West/One, and Nasr City East/Two. Nasr City is situated 4 km south of Baron Empain Palace.
Baron Empain Palace
- Categories: palace, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.08666° or 30° 5′ 12″ northLongitude
31.33025° or 31° 19′ 49″ eastInception
1907Open location code
8G2H38PJ+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 24886453OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata 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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