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The Manasterly Palace is an Official website of the palace
Retrieved 2020-04-14.
The palace, consisting of a main rectangular hall which opens to the outside through a door preceded by a marble case. A second hall is located to the west of the main hall. Adjacent to this hall lie two rectangular rooms with attached bathrooms. A terrace overlooking the Nile surrounds the building from the west and intersects in the end with another terrace.
The palace is famous for its beautiful decorative style and wooden architecture design. Its walls and ceilings are garnished with plaster and colored greenery ornaments and bird figures. The floors of the two main halls are covered with marble and parquet. The influence of the ''Ottoman Rococo'' is quite notable as well as a Pharonic impact at the external entry-front of the palace.Architecture of the palace
Retrieved 2020-04-14.
Ottoman Baroque
Ottoman Baroque architecture was a period in Ottoman architecture in the 18th century and early 19th century which was influenced by European Baroque architecture. Preceded by the changes of the Tulip Period, the style marked a significant departu ...
palace and grounds in the south western corner on the southern end of Rawda 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 ...
on the Nile
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in Cairo
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, Egypt
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. It stands next to the nilometer
A nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season. There were three main types of nilometers, calibrated in Egyptian cubits: (1) a vertical column, (2) a corridor stairway of steps l ...
that dates back to 861 CE.
The one story palace was built in 1851 by Hassan Fouad Pasha al-Manasterly, then Governor of Cairo. Only the public halls (selamlik
The selamlik, selamlek or sélamlique ( tr, selamlık) was the portion of an Ottoman palace or house reserved for men; as contrasted with the seraglio, which is reserved for women and forbidden to men.
Selamlik was also a portion of the househol ...
) of the governor's palace are still standing while his private residence (harem
Harem (Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِيمٌ ''ḥarīm'', "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family") refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A hare ...
) has been demolished to make way for a water station.Retrieved 2020-04-14.
Present use
The palace houses the International Music Centre, which holds musical events over the year.Architecture
The palace, consisting of a main rectangular hall which opens to the outside through a door preceded by a marble case. A second hall is located to the west of the main hall. Adjacent to this hall lie two rectangular rooms with attached bathrooms. A terrace overlooking the Nile surrounds the building from the west and intersects in the end with another terrace.
The palace is famous for its beautiful decorative style and wooden architecture design. Its walls and ceilings are garnished with plaster and colored greenery ornaments and bird figures. The floors of the two main halls are covered with marble and parquet. The influence of the ''Ottoman Rococo'' is quite notable as well as a Pharonic impact at the external entry-front of the palace.Architecture of the palaceRetrieved 2020-04-14.
References
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