Beshtak Palace

• 16 / 5 / 2023

The palace was built in (740 AH = 1339 AD) by the order of Prince Seif al-Din Bashtak al-Nasiri. He added to it the areas that were around it, and around it was built eleven mosques and four temples of The monuments of the Fatimids and Dar Qatwan al-Saqi. It was about to collapse after the 1992 Cairo earthquake - the palace was repaired in partnership with the German Institute of Archeology for Two years at a cost of about 50 million pounds. 

It consists of two floors, the ground floor contains a hall, stables, grain stores, and servants' rooms. The upper floor includes the banquet hall. And the bedrooms, and it contained a third floor for the harem, but it was demolished.

The palace has three facades: the first and the main one. On the northwestern side, it overlooks Al Moez Street. It consists of three floors with mashrabiyas that are not on the same line Rather, it has two parts, one of which is recessed and the other prominent, and it has geometric drawings that are a sign of beauty.

El Moez Street

As for the second facade. It is located on the northeastern side and overlooks a symbolizing path. It has a number of windows covered with metal wings.

There is also a gate that leads to the palace. The third facade on the southwestern side overlooks the lane of Beit al-Qadi, and as for the entrance, The present one is reached by an ornate wooden staircase that leads to a wooden door with inscriptions on the builder of the palace. And the date of its establishment.

He adds: The entrance leads to a square ward It leads to the second floor, and to the left of it are stables, accessed through a vestibule with an ancient well for daily use. For horses, the stables have special rooms for those in charge of horse service.

From the main hall, there is an ascending staircase. It is preceded by an open roof and consists of four iwans (a square open space for sitting) and a hall and a rooftop covered with marble Beautiful geometric shapes and wooden ceilings hang from these unique lighting units, in addition to the iwan.

The eastern iwan is characterized by its many wooden bars, and the western iwan has stucco windows intertwined with stained glass, while the northern iwan is And the southern one, each of which contains three-arched bays resting on marble columns with Islamic-style bases and crowns. And attached to this hall are a number of rooms and toilets.

A door leading to corridors overlooking the floor These corridors were used in the past to see what was going on in the hall, where women used to meet in the rooms of the harem on the third floor.\

They are not allowed to sit with guests on the second floor. The Committee for the Preservation of Arab Antiquities was able to discover a mosque that still exists under the palace. The palace hall consists of several rooms distinguished by their luxurious ceilings, and in the middle of it is a wonderful marble basin.

This is the only palace that still retains its original features, and gives researchers in the history of architecture an idea of ​​how the palaces of that era were planned.

The palace was usually used by many; Then it was neglected and almost destroyed, except for those parts that still retain their original features.

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