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  • The Monastery of El Suryan

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El montazah palace alexandria egypt

Details about montaza palace history

  • 05 16, 2023

Montazah Palace Gardens in Alexandria

The palace is characterized by a combination of different artistic styles, most notably Byzantine, Gothic, classical and Islamic. As for the name, the word “Haramlik” is originally a Turkish word that appeared as a term in Islamic architecture

It is referred to as the place for the harem because men and women were strictly prohibited from mixing and thus a section of the house was set aside for harem to ensure their purity and secrecy was maintained. The palace contains many antiques and pieces of French-style art, and is characterized by its decorations made in the Baroque and Rococo style, which consists of interlocking geometric and floral motifs.

The interior of the palace consists of a central hall, i.e. an internal courtyard covered by the height of the building and surrounded by wings and rooms, as it consists of three floors. The ground floor contains several rooms and halls, the most important of which are the king's office, dining room and billiard room.

The middle floor, where the rooms of the maids of honor and shamsharja, a layer that serves the princesses and the king. Finally, the upper floor, which contains the king and queen's suites, connected by a wide balcony. There are also some private rooms for princesses, and during the reign of King Farouk, the palace was renovated.

It contains fourteen suites and six luxurious rooms, and the most important of these suites is the King's Royal Suite, which overlooks the park's gardens and its balcony can accommodate about a hundred people. The king's private suite, which overlooks the park's gardens.

The palace also contains the Crystal Room, which was dedicated to the queen, so named because everything in it was made of crystal, as well as pure blue crystal. This palace is also characterized by a room known as the Crown Prince's room, whose floor is made of luxurious cork material, pressed to prevent the sound of any footsteps to prevent disturbing the sleeping child.

These gardens are located inside the wall of Montazah Palace in eastern Alexandria, with an area of about 370 acres, containing many trees, forests and rare flowers, dating back to the 19th century, and were intended for entertaining the king, his women and his entourage, and walking the princesses. These beaches surround the palace gardens and extend along the length of the area allocated to the palace, and are private beaches where non-subscribers are not allowed to sit.

This area includes many natural bays and beaches, and the number of these beaches is five (Aida - Cleopatra - Semiramis - Venice - Palestine Hotel private beach with a diving center) There are also many cannons in the palace garden. In 1964 AD. A hotel called “Palestine Hotel” was built specifically to host the Arab summit meeting, which was hosted by Egypt in Alexandria from September 5-11, and the first Arab summit was held in Cairo on January 13 of the same year 1964.

It is an international tourist hotel, with a private beach on the Mediterranean coast, specially built in 1964 to host the Arab Summit meeting, which is a five-star hotel, containing a water games area and swimming pool, a private parking lot, a health club, international restaurants, and wedding halls, and its rooms vary between single, double, and luxury suites.

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The Montaza Complex is a big area in Alexandria, Egypt. It is about the size of 360 football fields. It is located by a big body of water called the Al Montaza Gulf.

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