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I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full:
"The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian history museum, according to conservation officials. The palace is surrounded by a large garden and near to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The premises for the new museum are next door to a town house, which was turned into an art gallery a few years ago. Prince Mohamed Said Abdul Halim, a grandson of Mohamed Ali Pasha, commissioned the architect Antonio Lasciac to build the palace. The Montazah in Alexandria and Banque Misr headquarters are among Lasciac's credits. The Palace was later used as a school, the Nassra, from 1934 until 2004, when it was sold to a real estate investment company before it became a listed building.The lower storey of the palace consists of a large hall and a corridor, and the upper floor has a large reception hall. The building boasts of distinctive windows, columns, balconies decorated with human and animal masks. The museum project is part of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership programme, of which one of the aims is to preserve architectural heritage of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The site has been in a poor state of repair for the past 20 years and the decoration has started to deteriorate.The museum will have a hall for screening films and a hall for lectures, plus a library."
I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full:
"The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian history museum, according to conservation officials. The palace is surrounded by a large garden and near to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The premises for the new museum are next door to a town house, which was turned into an art gallery a few years ago. Prince Mohamed Said Abdul Halim, a grandson of Mohamed Ali Pasha, commissioned the architect Antonio Lasciac to build the palace. The Montazah in Alexandria and Banque Misr headquarters are among Lasciac's credits. The Palace was later used as a school, the Nassra, from 1934 until 2004, when it was sold to a real estate investment company before it became a listed building.The lower storey of the palace consists of a large hall and a corridor, and the upper floor has a large reception hall. The building boasts of distinctive windows, columns, balconies decorated with human and animal masks. The museum project is part of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership programme, of which one of the aims is to preserve architectural heritage of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The site has been in a poor state of repair for the past 20 years and the decoration has started to deteriorate.The museum will have a hall for screening films and a hall for lectures, plus a library."
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