Hadaek al-Qubbah (Qubbah Gardens, Arabic: حدائق القبة) is a district in the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[1]
History
editIt used to be a palatial garden district in the 19th century as was Shubra before it. The Qubbah Palace was built in the mid 19th century by a royal and bought in 1866 by Khedive Ismail as a suburban retreat from his official residence, Abdeen Palace, in central Cairo.[2]
In the early 20th century, a daughter of the khedive built the Tahra Palace nearby.[3] At the same time, Cairo was witnessing a real estate boom with the planning of a number of residential suburbs including Zamalek, Maadi and Heliopolis and in 1906, the Koubbeh Gardens Building Land Company bought 96 acres between Abbasiya and the palaces to develop.[4][5]
The district was once an affluent neighborhood with enormous mansions covering the area. Today, high blocks cover the once richly-gardened district.
References
edit- ^ "Areas". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ Rafaat, Samir. "Koubbeh Palace: Egypt's Official Guesthouse". Egy. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ Raafat, Samir (10 June 1999). "TAHER PASHA OF TAHRA PALACE". Cairo Times. Cairo, Egypt: 1. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009.
- ^ Rafaat, Samir (2010). "Koubbeh Gardens". www.egy.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Cairo [El Qobbah]". digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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