Ras el-Tin Palace

Ras El Tin Palace (Arabic: قصر راس التين, romanized: Qaṣr Ras El Tīn, literally, "Cape Fig Palace") is a palace on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is located in the Ras el-Tin quarter on Alexandria's eastern shore, overlooking the city's Western Harbour.

The promontory on which it is built was in antiquity the site of the island of Pharos. Under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty of Egypt and Sudan it was a royal palace, and it is the oldest royal Egyptian palace still in use. It was registered on the list of Islamic and Coptic antiquities in 2015 and now serves as one of the official residences for a serving President of Egypt.

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Ras el-Tin Palace ranks #1,344 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 32 mapped in Egypt. Founded 1847, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,752 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Egypt compares in the castle statistics.

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