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Al-Gawhara Palace (Arabic: قصر الجوهرة Qaṣr al-Gawhara), also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt. The palace is situated south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Cairo Citadel. It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1814. Two years later, in 1824, fire again damaged the palace after explosions of gunpowder. Muhammad Ali imported large slabs of marble from Italy to build a vestibule, staircase and corridors. The palace also contains the throne of Muhammad Ali Pasha that was a gift from the King of Italy.

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  • قصر الجوهرة، أحد القصور الموجودة في قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي بجانب مسجد محمد علي أو قلعة محمد علي وقد تحول لمتحف، بني القصر أساساً ليكون مقراً لزوجة محمد علي باشا وقد أنشأه عام 1814م.حرص محمّد علي باشا أن يكون هذا القصر على غاية الفخامة والأبهة. ففيه العديد من القاعات الكبيرة أشهرها قاعة الاستقبال وقاعة السّاعات التي تُعتَبر أجمل ما في القصر. وقد زُيّن القصر بأرقى فنون الزخرفة العثمانية سواء بالخشب أو بألواح الجص.يحفل القصر بالبديع من الألوان والرسوم والنقوش. وبقي القصر يحتفظ بحظوته حتّى حُوِّل أخيرًا إلى متحفٍ للتّراث الإسلامي. (ar)
  • Al-Gawhara Palace (Arabic: قصر الجوهرة Qaṣr al-Gawhara), also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt. The palace is situated south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Cairo Citadel. It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1814. The palace was designed and constructed by artisans contracted from a variety of countries, including Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and Albanians. The artisans constructed a variety of elements as part of the palace complex: "barracks, schools, an arsenal, a gun-powder factory and a mint." The palace was constructed as a two-storey pavilion in the style of a Turkish kushk. It has Western style windows which were often topped with an oval oeil-de-boeuf. The French architect and engineer Pascal Coste was employed to add the residential quarters for the palace servants and functionaries. On one side of the palace was a haush (courtyard) and on the other, were views of the pyramids and the Nile. In 1822, a fire destroyed the palace's wooden construction in a blaze that lasted for 2 days. Later, Muhammad Ali had the structure expanded and elaborated upon with the construction of "a large marble fountain, columned stone terraces and porticoes, parterres of flower beds and orange groves, and even a menagerie containing a lion, two tigers and an elephant, a gift of the British Lord Hastings." Two years later, in 1824, fire again damaged the palace after explosions of gunpowder. Muhammad Ali imported large slabs of marble from Italy to build a vestibule, staircase and corridors. In 1825, English traveller Anne Catherine Elwood described the opulence of the palace, and in particular its grand room that could "offer dancing, had deep niches for conversation, and side rooms for music, reading, games and refreshment." Muhammad Ali's official divan or audience hall, where the pasha received guests, contains a 1000kg chandelier sent to him by Louis-Philippe I of France.Some of the paintings in the Pasha hall of the palace portray the receiving of foreign ambassadors. The palace also contains the throne of Muhammad Ali Pasha that was a gift from the King of Italy. (en)
  • Il Palazzo Al-Gawhara (in arabo: قصر الجوهرة‎ Qaṣr al-Gawhara), noto anche come Palazzo Bijou, è un palazzo e museo de Il Cairo, in Egitto. Il palazzo è situato a sud della Moschea di Muhammad Ali nella Cittadella del Cairo. Fu commissionato da Muhammad Ali Pasha nel 1814. (it)
  • Пала́ц Біжу́ (англ. Bijou Palace) або Пала́ц Аль-Ґоуха́ра (араб. قصر الجوهرة‎, Qasr al-Gawhara) — палац Мухаммеда Алі Єгипетського на території Цитаделі у столиці Єгипту місті Каїрі. (uk)
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  • قصر الجوهرة، أحد القصور الموجودة في قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي بجانب مسجد محمد علي أو قلعة محمد علي وقد تحول لمتحف، بني القصر أساساً ليكون مقراً لزوجة محمد علي باشا وقد أنشأه عام 1814م.حرص محمّد علي باشا أن يكون هذا القصر على غاية الفخامة والأبهة. ففيه العديد من القاعات الكبيرة أشهرها قاعة الاستقبال وقاعة السّاعات التي تُعتَبر أجمل ما في القصر. وقد زُيّن القصر بأرقى فنون الزخرفة العثمانية سواء بالخشب أو بألواح الجص.يحفل القصر بالبديع من الألوان والرسوم والنقوش. وبقي القصر يحتفظ بحظوته حتّى حُوِّل أخيرًا إلى متحفٍ للتّراث الإسلامي. (ar)
  • Il Palazzo Al-Gawhara (in arabo: قصر الجوهرة‎ Qaṣr al-Gawhara), noto anche come Palazzo Bijou, è un palazzo e museo de Il Cairo, in Egitto. Il palazzo è situato a sud della Moschea di Muhammad Ali nella Cittadella del Cairo. Fu commissionato da Muhammad Ali Pasha nel 1814. (it)
  • Пала́ц Біжу́ (англ. Bijou Palace) або Пала́ц Аль-Ґоуха́ра (араб. قصر الجوهرة‎, Qasr al-Gawhara) — палац Мухаммеда Алі Єгипетського на території Цитаделі у столиці Єгипту місті Каїрі. (uk)
  • Al-Gawhara Palace (Arabic: قصر الجوهرة Qaṣr al-Gawhara), also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt. The palace is situated south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Cairo Citadel. It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1814. Two years later, in 1824, fire again damaged the palace after explosions of gunpowder. Muhammad Ali imported large slabs of marble from Italy to build a vestibule, staircase and corridors. The palace also contains the throne of Muhammad Ali Pasha that was a gift from the King of Italy. (en)
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