Heliopolis Photos

HELIOPOLIS PHOTOS

Villa Chamas Bey where King Farouk proposed to Queen Farida

Villa designed by H. Ayrout
Villa designed by Henri Ayrout the leading contractor of Heliopolis. His father designed the the town's Melchite church in 1910

Apartment Bldg looking on Basilique
pre-WW1 apartment building overlooking Basilique

apartment building on Avenue des Pyramides with statuette in center. Below: satuette next to split a/c

Statuette

Apartment Building on Avenue des Pyramides

Apartment Building on Rue Baghdad
examples of typical pre-WW1 Heliopolis buildings inspired by Moghul (Rajastan, India) architecture

Apartment Building

doomed Building on Avenue Baron Empain

MORE HELIOPOLIS STORIES

Vintage Heliopolis photos
Heliopolis 1913 survey map
Heliopolis Palace Hotel (Presidential Palace)
Baron Empain's Hindu Palace
Heliopolis residents in 1913-14
Heliopolis pharmacies in 1946
An important Belgian legacy
When Maadi very nearly replaced Heliopolis
The making of Koubbeh Gardens

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