The
Baron Empain
Baron Empain is a title of nobility of the Kingdom of Belgium. The title was created in 1907 by Leopold II of Belgium for Édouard Empain, a wealthy Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist, as well as an amateur Egyptologist. ...
Palace ( ar, قصر البارون إمبان, "Qasr el Baron Emban"), better known as Le Palais Hindou (literally, ''The Hindu Palace''), is a distinctive and historic Hindu temple inspired mansion in
Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
, Egypt. It was founded by
Edward Louis Joseph Empain, a Belgian businessman who was awarded the title of "Baron" by the
King of Belgium
Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary, and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled king or queen of the Belgians ( nl, Koning(in) der Belgen, french: Roi / Reine des Belges}, german: König(in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's he ...
.
Architecture
The palace was designed by an architect named
Alexandre Marcel
Alexandre Marcel (11 September 1860 - 30 June 1928) was a French architect, best known for his Belle Époque interpretations of "exotic" international architectural styles.
Marcel studied at the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of ...
[Alexandre Marcel]
who was born in Belgium. The palace was decorated by Georges-Louis Claude. Inspired mostly by the Hindu temples of South India, it was built between 1907 and 1911, in
reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...
.
Le palais hindou du baron Empaim (Heliopolis, Le Caire) (6933684634).jpg
Le_palais_hindou_du_baron_Empaim_(Heliopolis,_Le_Caire)_(7079892021).jpg
Le_palais_hindou_du_baron_Empaim_(Heliopolis,_Le_Caire)_(6933684134).jpg
Le_palais_hindou_du_baron_Empaim_(Heliopolis,_Le_Caire)_(6933685158).jpg
See also
*
Heliopolis Style architecture
References
External links
Une définition élargie du patrimoine*
Barons Empain
Palaces in Cairo
History of Cairo
Buildings and structures in Cairo
{{Egypt-struct-stub