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Ras El Tin Palace is one of the oldest palaces in Egypt, overlooking the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria. On an area of 22 acres, Ras El-Tin Palace is one of the historical and archaeological monuments in Alexandria. the historical significance of this palace is due to the fact that it is the only Palace that witnessed and witnessed the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Pasha family in Egypt, which lasted about one hundred and fifty years. it is the largest palace in Alexandria, where the telephone was introduced in 1879, late during the reign of Khedive Ismail before Britain deposed him from the throne. It is the same palace that witnessed the end of the Alawite dynasty's rule in Egypt when King Farouk was deposed and subsequently departed for exile in Italy on board the Royal Yacht, escorted by a guard of honor at the port of Ras Al-Tin.
Muhammad Ali began building Ras Al-tin Palace in 1834 to include it in his palaces in addition to other palaces that he owned in Alexandria, such as Mahmudiya Palace and Ibrahim Pasha Palace. He later used foreign engineers in its construction and repair, including the French engineer Syrizi Bey, who was brought by Muhammad Ali in 1828 to establish and supervise the House of Industry. He was entrusted with the design of the in 1845, it took eleven years to build, but complementary works and the creation of additional wings remained in place until 1847, when it was officially opened.
During the British campaign on Egypt in 1882, the British bombed Alexandria during the renovations of the forts, destroying most of the city and causing panic among its inhabitants. After two days of shelling, the city raised its white flags, announcing its surrender to the English, which later ignited the Arab Revolt. Instead of Khedive Tewfik defending the city, the commander of the British Fleet, Admiral Beauchamp Seymour, received him, putting his authority at the disposal of the occupiers. After that, the English soldiers transferred the Khedive from the sand Palace to the Ras Al-tin Palace, where he stayed for most of the campaign period.
Architectural form and reason for naming
The palace was built in the European style, which was popular in Alexandria at that time, due to the large number of foreign communities present at that period, and foreign and Egyptian workers were used in the construction of this palace. the palace was first built in the form of a fortress, and in its place were fig trees that were in abundance in that area, therefore it was named Ras El-Tin Palace and Ras El-Tin Palace remained one of the most important royal palaces, as it was the summer residence of rulers throughout the ages who moved to it every year during the summer.
There is currently only the Eastern Door of the Old Palace, which was incorporated into the construction of the new palace, and it consists of 6 granite columns topped with Egyptian crowns carrying a threshold with seven circles in the form of a copper crown inside which were written in copper letters Quranic verse and aphoristic words about justice such as (justice is the balance of security) – (good justice is the security of Kings) – (justice is two eagles are opposite, and the name (Muhammad Ali) and the date 1261 are written in it, and it still exists today.
This palace had a swimming pool with a glass-covered lobby, and King Farouk created a sea bath instead of it on the breakwater after the Second World War, in a place that was intended to be an air defense site for the port of Alexandria, and this year it was connected to a long pier at Ras El Tin Palace, and it was reached by land by Jeep and had a break with a sleeping room, a full Office for preparing food, and compartments filled with sea fishing tools, which were received in recent years by the naval forces after all the belongings of King Farouk and his sisters, the former princesses, where this place was the main resort they are in Alexandria.
The Ras Al-tin Palace was rebuilt in the era of King Fuad in a style consistent with the spirit of modern times by the Italian engineer Ferrucci and engineer Hassan Pasha Al-Adawi (he also built the haramlak Palace in the park), and it cost four hundred thousand pounds at that time and became similar to the Abdeen Palace, but smaller than the Upper first floor, and the most important thing is in the Upper first floor after ascending from the Abdin, the private office, then a knock led to the main banquet hall, then the dining room and the round hall with locked doors, which are artificially lit and filled with inscriptions And ornaments distributed among its spacious areas, and in the King Farouk suite there is his own bathroom, which is an exact replica of Abdeen's bathroom, the bedroom and office room, then the glasses salon, then the secret door leading to the former Queen's suite, where we find the decoration Salon, The Boudoir and the private bathroom, which resembles a similar one in Abdeen, and then we find the grand luxurious salon with a (large balcony) overlooking the port of Al-Mahrousa, and then the small dining hall.
The ground floor has the grandeur and grandeur of the harem Salon, Suites for servants and Entourage, and then the round hall where the former King Farouk signed his abdication document.
As for the basement, there is also the third round Hall, which leads to the staircase leading to the berth of the guarded steamer on which King Farouk left Egypt for Italy.
Next to the palace from this side is the private railway station that reaches the interior of the palace, which was intended for the transportation of King Farouk.
