Egypt · 20th century
The Heliopolis Palace (Egyptian Arabic: قصر رئاسة الجمهورية, Kasr Riasat Al Gomhouria, "Palace of the Presidency of the Republic" or قصر الاتحادية Kasr Al Ittihadia, "Federation Palace") is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Abdeen Palace, Koubbeh Palace, Montaza Palace and Ras El Tin Palace, for the executive office of the President of Egypt. It is located in the suburb of Heliopolis, northeast of central Cairo and east of the Nile in Egypt. It was originally built as the grand Heliopolis Palace Hotel in 1910. Now it is for the use of the President of Egypt.
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Heliopolis Palace ranks #1,420 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 37 mapped in Egypt. Founded 1910 — one of 169 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,963 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cairo, 9 km away. See how Egypt compares in the castle statistics.
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