Hadaek al-Qubbah (Qubbah Gardens, ) is a district in the Northern Area of
Cairo,
Egypt.
History
It used to be a palatial garden district in the 19th Century as was
Shubra before it. The
Qubbah Palace was built in the mid 19th Century by a royal and bought in 1866 by
Khedive Ismail as a
suburban
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
retreat from his official residence,
Abeen Palace, in central Cairo.
In the early 20th Century, a daughter of the khedive built the
Tahra Palace El-Tahra Palace is a palace located in Cairo, Egypt that was designed by Antonio Lasciac. It was mainly built for Princess Amina, daughter of Khedive Ismail
Isma'il Pasha ( ar, إسماعيل باشا ; 12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), was ...
nearby.
At the same time, Cairo was witnessing a real estate boom with the planning of a number of residential suburbs including
Zamalek,
Maadi and
Heliopolis and in 1906, the Koubbeh Gardens Building Land Company bought 96 acres between
Abbasiya and the palaces to develop.
The district was once an affluent neighborhood with enormous mansions covering the area. Today, high blocks cover the once richly-gardened district.
References
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