Sakakini Palace
Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace is a palace located in the El Sakkakini district of Cairo, Egypt. Built in 1897 by Habib Sakakini, it is considered as one of Egypt's most important palaces due to its Rococo-style architecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: palace of Cairo, in Egypt
- Address: ميدان السكاكيني
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque and Bab Al-Nasr.
Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque
Mosque
The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. Completed in 1268 CE, during by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari through his vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i. Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque is situated 470 metres southwest of Sakakini Palace.
Bab Al-Nasr
City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 1¼ km south of Sakakini Palace.
El Geish
Metro station
El Geish is a station on Cairo Metro, part of phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish Street in El-Geish Square. El Geish is situated 430 metres southeast of Sakakini Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Hadaiq el Qubbah
Hamlet
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hadaek al-Qubbah is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
Sakakini Palace
- Categories: palace, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06586° or 30° 3′ 57″ northLongitude
31.26624° or 31° 15′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3788+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 35090927OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q10981930
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Sakakini Palace” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر السكاكيني”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر السكاكينى”
- French: “palais Sakakini”
- French: “Palais Sakakini”
- German: “Sakakini-Palast”
- Italian: “Palazzo Sakakini”
- Russian: “Дворец Сакакини”
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Highlights include Al Sakakeni Square and مسجد الهدى.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sakakini Palace”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.