Abdeen Palace
| Abdeen Palace | |
|---|---|
The main facade of the Palace. | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Abdin Square Cairo |
| Country | Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°02′30″N 31°14′54″E / 30.04167°N 31.24833°E |
| Construction started | 1863 |
| Cost | £E2,700,000 |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 44 feddans |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | French architect Rousseau |
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace (Arabic: قصر عابدين), a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952. 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.