Palace & château
Abdeen Palace
🇪🇬 Egypt · 19th century
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the 1952 Egyptian revolution. Since then it has been one of the presidential palaces. The palace is centered in its eponymous district, administratively part of the Western Area of Cairo, and part of the Khedival Cairo Area of Value to the west of Historic Cairo.
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Abdeen Palace ranks #427 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #3 of the 32 mapped in Egypt. Founded 1863, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,531 times in the last 60 days, more than 93% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cairo, 1 km away. See how Egypt compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Abdeen Palace?
Abdeen Palace stands in Egypt, at 30.0417°, 31.2483°.
When was Abdeen Palace built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1863. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Abdeen Palace?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #427 of 7,738 worldwide, and #3 in Egypt. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Abdeen Palace?
Al-Gawhara Palace, about 2 km away.
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