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Corner of Aisha Taymuriya and Gandhi streets, previously al-Walda Pasha St., Garden City, built by Georges Parcq
16 Bustan St.
Sakakini Palace, Al-Daher. Inscription below the line reads "Habib Sakakini 1897"
Mascaron on Omar Effendi Department Store, corner of Abd al-Aziz and Rushdi streets
Daira (The Administrative Office) of Ali Jalal Pasha, aka Club des Princes and Club des Quarantes, corner of Imad al-Din and Naguib al-Rihani streets. First constructed in 1897. Antonio Lasciac designed and built the top floor in 1907
Davies Bryan building
41 Sherif St.
Gate of Fuad Sirageddin mansion, corner of Nabatat and Ahmed Pasha streets. Built in 1908 by Carlo Prampolini
Khedivial Buildings, a commercial and residential complex, Imad al-Din St., designed and built in collaboration between Gustave Brocher, Antonio Lasciac, Georges Parcq, 1911
Mohamed Shawarbi Pasha building, Ramsis at 26th of July Street, built in 1915 by Habib Ayrout
Ades Building, Imad al-Din at al-Alfi Street
Alfred Shammas Mansion
Tulumbat St., Garden City. The villa was built for Abicaroun Alexane Pasha
5 Al-Kamil Mohamed St., Zamalek. It was the home of Queen Farida of Egypt from 1947 to 1949 after her divorce from King Farouk
16 Hassan Sabri St., Zamalek. Architecture by Gaston Zananiri, the original owner
Villa Casdagli, Midan Qasr al-Dubara, built in the early 1900s by Edward Matasek for the Levantine businessman Emanual Casdagli. Casdagli had business ties to the textile industry of Manchester
Gamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin at Ahmed Pasha Street, Garden City
Mohamed Mazhar Street, Greater Cairo Library, Zamalek. Built for the wife and children of Musa Yaqub Cattaui. Edmond Jabes, the French writer, married Musa's granddaughter Arlette in the house
Villa Tawfik, Shagart al-Durr St., Zamalek. Designed by Mario Rossi and Ernesto Verucci Bey
31 Beirut St., Heliopolis. Architect: Antoine Backh
Sabil al-Khazindar, Abbassia
8 Tulumbar St., Garden City
10 Birgas St., Garden City
5 Mohamed Thakib St., Zamalek
Al-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek. Built by the architect G. Galligopoulo in 1933-34 for the Avramoussis family
Mohamed Farid and Banque Mist Streets
Nabatat Street at Ahmed Pasha, Garden City
18 Ismail Pasha Sirri Street, Munira
Sakakini Palace, Al-Daher
Mohamed Mazhar Street, Greater Cairo Library, Zamalek
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, al-Munira St., aka Yusif St., Munira
24 Saray al-Gazira
20 Misr wal-Sudan Street, Abbassia
3 Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek
10 Tulumbat St., Garden City. Original owner: Omar Sirri
15 Kamil Sidki St., aka al-Faggala St., al-Daher
5 Sikkat al-Fadl St.
3 Midan Gamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin, Garden City
Al-Sultan Abu al-Ila St., Bulak
11 Al-Kamil Mohamed St., Zamalek. Architect: Guido Gavasi
3 Al-Saraya al-Kubra St., Garden City
Bishara al-Kafuri St. off Sayf al-Din al-Mahrani, al-Daher
Corner of 26th of July, previously Boulak, and Talaat Harb, previously Soliman Pasha, streets. Architect: V. Erlanger. Currently houses Claridge Hotel
Al-Qadi al-Fadil St.
Al-Gumhuriya at Qasr al-Nil St., previously Abdin St., near Midan al-Opera
275 Ramsis St., al-Daher
18 Al-Saraya al-Kubra, Garden City, built by Georges Parcq in 1925
13 Adli St., Magasins Gattegno
Talaat Harb St., Egyptian Diplomatic Club
Qasr al-Nil at al-Gumhuriya Street
50 Qasr al-Nil St. between Midan Mustafa Kamil and Midan al-Opera
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, al-Munira St., aka Yusif St., Munira. Architect Garo Balian one of the many renovations of the palace
Sikkat al-Nasr, off 26th of July St., Boulak
Al-Elwi Street
Talaat Harb St., Café Riche building
Midan Gamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin
27 Huda Shaarawi St.
Wakf al-Kharbutli, off al-Daher St.
Gazira House, 4 Omarat al-Yamani, Zamalek. Attributed to architect Ernest Jasper
Clot Bey St. Named after the founder of modern Egypt's first medical school, Dr. Antoine Clot. The street, which was built in about the 1870s, is one of modern Cairo's oldest. It runs between Cairo's Railway Station at Bab al-Hadid, called 'Gare Pont Limoun' in French, and Midan Khazindar
Sirgaeddin Palace, corner of Nabatat and Ahmed Pasha Streets
9 Zaki St.
Corner of Talaat Harb, formerly Soliman Pasha, and al-Busta al-Gadida streets
Villa Casdagli, Midan Qasr al-Dubara
Egyptian Diplomatic Club, Talaat Harb St.
5 Souk Tawfikia St.
Abdel Khalek Sarwat St.
Corner of Naguib al-Rihani and Imad al-Din streets
Corner of Sheikh Rihan and Yusif al-Gindi streets
13 Abd al-Hamid Said St., off Ramsis
Midan Tahrir
Latin America St. at Rustum Pasha, Garden City
Ahmed Omar St., Bab al-Khalq
Sakakini Palace, al-Daher
Al-Daher St., al-Daher
13 Abd al-Hamid Said St., off Ramsis
Italia-Adriatica Insurance Company, Sherif St. at Mohamed Mazloum Pasha
Sirageddin mansion, corner of Nabatat and Ahmed Pasha streets
14 Adli St.
Corner of Sheikh Rihan and Yusif al-Gindi streets
9 Zaki St.
Sirageddin Palace
Midan Mustafa Kamil. Example of hollow plaster facade 'now crumbling,' C. Myntti, 1999
5 Ahmed Pasha St., Garden City. Example of hollow plaster bracket in disrepair
7 Birgas St., Garden City. Example of informal building on roof
Midan Mustafa Kamil
Miscellaneous photographs
Tiring building, Attaba Square, 1997. Credit: Barry Iverson
Elevator, Antikhana St., Cairo, 1980. Credit: Barry Iverson
Prince Said Halim’s Palace. Cairo, 2010, Credit: Xenia Nikolskaya
Credit: Rehab Ragaee
Credit: Hossam Manadily
Helmia Gedida neighborhood, c. 2021. The house was built in 1911. Credit: Mohamed Noureddin
Helmia Gedida neighborhood, 2018. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
50 26th of July St., Boulak, 2018. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
Art
Nouveau building located at 6 Ali Pasha Mubarak St., Helmia Gedida
neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt, 2022. Photograph credit: Omneya el-Naggar.
The mansion was the property of Abdel Salam Pasha Khalil.
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Entrance to the Palace of Daira (The Administrative Office) of Ali Jalal Pasha. Designed by the architect Antonio Lasciac, later known as Club des Princes and the Club of Forty, 17 Imad al-Din street, Cairo, 1898. Photo by Atelier Reiser
Downtown Cairo, 2016. Credit: Dalia al-Leissy
The view from Van Leo’s window, Cairo, 2000
Moderia St., Tanta, c. 2021
Court of Justice, Manshieh Sq., Alexandria, 2018. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
4 Talaat Harb St., 2023, built about 1928. Credit: Peter Adel
Old Cairo, 2013. Credit: Wafaa' Samir
Pediment of Sirageddin mansion, 2010
Midan Tahrir, Manshieh, Alexandria, 2022. Credit: Sara Adel
Villa Casdagli, Garden City, Cairo, 2010. Credit: Xenia Nikolskaya
Palazzino Aghion, Fuad St., Alexandria, 2022. Credit: Ibrahim Omar
Palazzino Aghion, 2013. Credit: WHM Design
Saida Zenab, Cairo, c. 2018-2019. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
Sabil of Umm Mohamed Ali, Ramsis, Cairo, c. 2018. Established in 1867 in memory of Mohamed Ali Jr., the son Mohamed Ali Pasha of Egypt, by his mother Ziba Kadine. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
Al-Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood, c. 2018. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
El-Kerabiah Alley, Al-Darb al-Ahmar, circa 2023
Bab el-Shaaria, circa 2023. Credit: Khaled Abo Elnaga
Helmia Gedida, c. 2018. Credit: Rehab Ragaee
Hilal Building, Osman Bey Mohamed St., Tanta, September 2023
Saida Zenab neighborhood, Cairo, c. 2022. Credit: Hisham Naeem
Kelada Antoun Apartment building by architect Giacomo Alessandro Loria, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Apartment building affiliated to architect G. A. Loria, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Round window corbel before the intersection between Fouad and Safia Zaghloul streets, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Tchacos apartment building in Attarine by architect M. Liberman, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
An unknown mansion, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Building at 100 Fouad Street by G. A. Loria, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Detail of the cornice of former Villa Rolo, Alexandria, built by architect Max Edrei and engineer Ferdinand J. Debbane, 1926. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Detail of the first floor corbel at no. 84 Fouad Street by architect G. Aghion, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Palace of Count Patrice de Zogheb, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Paraskevas building down Fouad Street, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
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Union National Bank of Egypt, former Sursock pasha's mansion, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Villa Gorra, Alexandria, built by Ferdinand J. Debbane in 1925. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Degiarde Brothers (Ernest, Joseph and Robert) building in Salah al-Din Street, Attarine, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Degiarde Bros building, 2020. Credit: Ziad Morsy
66 Nabi Daniel St., Alexandria. Credit: Ali Ramadan
Alexandria, c. 2022
Salah al-Din St., Attarine, 2020. Credit: Ziad Morsy
Neo-Classic doorway marked by 'Filippo Pini 1880', 97 Fouad Street, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
sculptures on the main facade of the German School in Attarine. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
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Entrance to 59 Sultan Hussein Street, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Main entrance to no. 8 Ptolemy Street by architect Victor Erlanger, Alexandria. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Staircase of the Kelada Antoun apartment building. Credit: May el-Tabbakh, 2014
Entrance of the Kelada Antoun apartment building, 2022. Credit: Sara Adel
Credits: The first part of this report is from Paris along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque by Cynthia Myntti, originally published in 1999.
The photographs and their description taken and written by May el-Tabbakh were dedicated to Sandro Manzoni's Cahier AAHA.
Photographers: Barry Iverson, Xenia Nikolskaya, Hossam Manadily, Mohamed Noureddin, Rehab Ragaee, Khaled Abo Elnaga, Omneya el-Naggar, Dalia al-Leissy, Peter Adel, Wafaa' Samir, Sara Adel, Ibrahim Omar, Hisham Naeem.
See also Architecture of Tantah 
