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El Manial ( , "'' the nilometer''") is a district of 
The Manial Palace from Touregypt
Museums in Cairo {{Egypt-geo-stub
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 ...
, located on Rhoda Island
Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, , ) is an island located on the Nile in central Cairo.http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/rawdah.htm Touregypt: Rawdah Island; accessed 02-28-2011
The mamluk Bahri dynasty originally settled on Roda Is ...
in the Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
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Prince Mohamed Ali Palace
The El Manial Palace and garden estate was built for PrinceMohammed Ali Tewfik
Mohammed Ali Tewfik ( ar, محمد علي توفيق; 9 November 1875 – 18 March 1955) was the heir presumptive of Egypt and Sudan in the periods 1892–1899 and 1936–1952. He was a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.
Regent
He was the so ...
between 1899 and 1929. The Prince is the first cousin of King Faruq and the younger brother of Khedive Abbas II Hilmi. The palace was given to the Egyptian nation in 1955.
El Manial Palace Museum
The complex consists of six structures. Among these structures is a museum in which Faruq's hunting trophies are found, the prince's residence and furnishings and a museum in which some of the family's memorabilia are found. The palace also includes a collection of manuscripts, carpets, textiles, brass work and crystal. Items that can be seen here are a table made of elephant ears and a 1000-piece silver service. On part of the original grounds a hotel has been built called the Meridian Hotel. The remaining palace gardens have beautiful plants and flowers in an expansive setting fronting a small branch or the Nile.Al Ainy Palace
Al Ainy Palace or Qasr Al Ainy (Kasr AlAiny) is the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University. It has an area of about 44 acres in the northern part of El Manial island, across from El Manial Palace. It is different from the new Kasr Al Ainy Teaching (French) hospital, across the bridge on Cairo side.See also
* Manasterly Palace * Qasr Al Ainy *Palaces in Cairo
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome whic ...
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The Manial Palace from Touregypt
Museums in Cairo {{Egypt-geo-stub