Royal Jewelry Museum

The Princess Fatma Al -Zahra 'Palace (Arabic متحف المجوهرات الملكية, DMG Mathaf al - muǧauharāt al - Malkiyah ) is a palace in the style of eclecticism in Alexandria, Egypt.

History

The palace with the address 27 Ahmad Yehyia Pasha Street, Zezeniya, was built under Zeinab Fahmy, the mother of the princess, from 1919 to 1923 after plans by the architect Antonio Lasciac. The glass bridges, with the construction of which has been manufactured by a company from Frankfurt.

The palace now houses the Royal Jewelry Museum, where the jewels of the Royal Family Muhammad Ali Pasha are issued. It was inaugurated on 24 October 1986 and reopened after years of renovation work in April 2010 by Suzanne Mubarak. The museum houses 31 rooms in 689 exhibits. In a guide from the 2000s, the collection and the house was described as follows: "The best thing about the museum what the villa Housed did it, with its painted glass windows and tiled bathrooms gloriously [ ... ] The jewelry collection, an odd and charming mix of diamond - studdet tools, watches, miniatures, and medals, and some exquisite coffee cups, felt like the stuff that nobody bothered to take Could be withthem When the revolution came. "

Equipment

The rooms of the palace are decorated with paintings by various members of the royal family. Walls and ceilings decorated with oil paintings with angels and landscapes. The stained glass windows depict scenes of a love story of the first meeting of two lovers up to their marriage. The bathrooms upstairs are equipped with elaborate colorful painted tiles. The renovation costs amounted to 50 million Egyptian pounds.

Fatma Al Zahra '

Fatma Al Zahra ' was the daughter of Zeinab Fahmy and Heidar Ali Shannassi, a descendant of Muhammad Ali Pasha. She was known under the name Fatma Heidar, and her initials " FH" are to be found in many places of the palace. Fatma Al -Zahra ' married in 1930 Mohamed Fayik Yeghen Bek, and they had three children: Fadel and the twins Fayez and Faiza. After the coup of 1952, the family left Alexandria and moved to Marseilles, where Fatma Al Zahra ' died.