Ali Labib House in Cairo Egypt
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Ali Labib House Facts
Ali Labib’s house is an ancient house and one of the most famous Islamic Egyptian Antiquities. It was located in the Citadel of Saladin “Salah Al-Din Al-Ayyubi‘ Square in Cairo Governorate. It is approximately more than 350 years old..
The house of Labib was built in 1661 AD, and that construction was by its first owner, the prince or ruler Muhammad Agha bin Abdullah, and that happened before its ownership was transferred during the nineteenth century to both Mr. Omar Al-Malatili and his brother Mr. Ibrahim..
This house was known by the famous name Ali Labib House, in reference to the supervisor who was supervising the construction at that time, or to the person who later carried out the development of that house.
This house was also known by a very famous name, which is the House of Artists, as a large number of these artists actually resided in it, including the great artist Shadi Abdel Salam, and also Ragheb Ayyad, and others.
House design and appearance, both externally and internally
But although this house was actually built during the Ottoman era, it was later designed in the Mamluk architectural style..
This ancient house also includes two courtyards, one of which was a courtyard in the southeastern side and was small in area..
The second was a courtyard located in the northwestern side, which was also a rather large courtyard and was considered the main courtyard.
Also, around these two courtyards were distributed a number of units specific to architectural houses, which came or consisted of two floors that included a large number of the most important of those basic rooms in Albion at that time, including the harem or selamlik.
There are also some places in the rooms of Ali Labib’s house that contain belongings of the house’s visitors, such as Ramses’s personal belongings, and belongings of the architect Al-Shaer or the international Hassan Fathy.
The upper halls of the place were decorated with a number of famous paintings depicting these buildings and both the large and famous gardens in the heart of Cairo. Also, the roof of that house, which is the house of Ali Labib, overlooks a very wonderful scene that catches the eye, as almost all of Cairo’s historical landmarks appear from it.
Ali Labib’s house restoration
This famous house, known as Ali Labib Mosque, had been neglected for very long periods of time..
The care and development of that house only began at the beginning of the twenty-first century..
But in 2010, the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities had re-employed that building and then succeeded in transforming it into a large museum that gained great fame and was also described as the home of Egyptian architecture..
The masterpieces of ancient stone carving were clearly evident in this house, with the addition of a number of ceramic tiles, and a group of the most important wooden elements that belong to both the mashrabiyas to discover the Mashrabiya Architecture and the carved windows in the houses at that time, and a number of plaster decorations that were the ones that were inlaid with the reliance on colored glass..
What is the price of a ticket to visit Ali Labib’s house for Egyptians?
Ali Labib House visit ticket fee for adults: 10 Egyptian pounds
The ticket fee for visiting Ali Labib’s house for Egyptian students is: 5 Egyptian pounds.
What is the price of a ticket to visit Ali Labib’s house for foreigners?
The ticket fee to visit Ali Labib’s house is: 40 Egyptian pounds.
If the visitor is a foreign student, the entrance fee is: 20 Egyptian pounds.
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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