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El Gomrok District
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Arts & cultureMohamed Ali’s Alexandria and after

Ras El Tin Palace

A palace Mohamed Ali began in 1834 on the Western Harbour, from which King Farouk left Egypt. It is seen from outside only and is not open to visitors.
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A historic photograph of about 1870: Ras El Tin Palace on the Western Harbour seen from the water, with moored boats in front and a lighthouse at the far left, captioned “Alexandrie, Palais de Ras-el-Tin”

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The story

What sets it apart

A palace on the Western Harbour, seen from the sea and from the streets of Ras El Tin.

  • 1The palace front on the Western Harbour
  • 2Ras El Tin Palace Street

Arabic Wikipedia says Mohamed Ali began building Ras El Tin Palace in 1834, and that the palace saw the end of the Mohamed Ali dynasty’s rule, when King Farouk left from the Ras El Tin harbour for exile in Italy aboard the yacht El Mahrousa.

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The palace is not open to visitors and is seen from outside only. Its name appears in the district’s boundary document as the north limit of several shiakhas of El Gomrok qism, and the district’s duties page on the governorate portal lists preparing the route of official visits to the palace.

The picture here is historic: taken by the photographer L. Fiorillo around 1870, it shows the palace from the harbour.

Mohamed Ali’s Alexandria and after1800–1952

Its place in time

  1. Before itTerbana Mosque1685 (1097 AH)
  2. This landmarkRas El Tin PalaceBegun in 1834
  3. After itThe Hydrobiological MuseumThe institute founded in 1918

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Memories of the place

Every memory is taken from a published, documented source, named under it.

  1. 1834

    Mohamed Ali began building Ras El Tin Palace.

    Source: Arabic Wikipedia: «قصر رأس التين»

The other memories 2

  1. The end of the dynasty’s rule

    King Farouk left Egypt from the Ras El Tin harbour for exile in Italy aboard the yacht El Mahrousa.

    Source: Arabic Wikipedia: «قصر رأس التين»

  2. As the district’s page describes it (2009)

    Among the district’s duties is preparing the route of the official visits made to Ras El Tin Palace.

    Source: Alexandria Governorate, El Gomrok District: «مهام حي الجمرك» (2009; archived 29 Dec 2013)

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