Author: Douglas SladenPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5877802240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Oriental Cairo, the city of the "Arabian nights"
Author: Douglas SladenPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5877802240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Oriental Cairo
Author: Douglas Brooke Wheelton SladenPublisher: London : Hurst & Blackett
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Mr. Sladen found that Cairo included a glorious mediaeval city of the Arabian Nights, with innumerable monuments of medieval Arab architecture and unspoiled native life. To this he strives to call attention in a book that he hopes to make "chatty and interesting." And he unquestionably succeeds. Mr. Sladen at his best is easily capable of writing. By reading the book the toursit will learn "How to Shop in Cairo," as well as how to enjoy the "Humors of the Esbekiya" and countless other entertaining features of this variegated modern capital. He will even know the "Artist's Bits in Cairo," and will receive explicit directions how to find them. In other words, he need no longer be a "tame tourist" in the hands of a masterful dragoman.
Shepheard's of Cairo
Author: Tarek IbrahimPublisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert
ISBN: 9783954903689
Category : Cairo (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Few buildings reflect the waxing and waning of European influence in Egypt during the 19th and 20th centuries as profoundly as Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo. Prior to its total destruction during the infamous "Black Saturday" riots of January 1952, the building was a potent symbol of the problematic relationship between native and foreigner, Orient and Occident, colonized and colonizer. Initially the site of Napoleon's headquarters during his ill-fated Egyptian campaign, over the following 150 years, successive expansions and reconstructions transformed the humble lodge into one of the most glamorous and legendary hotels in the world. Hardly a single important political, social or artistic figure that passed through Cairo failed to stay and make an appearance at the hotel. Until recently, a scholarly analysis and documentation on the architecture of Shepheard's Hotel has been cursory at best due the near total absence of primary visual material. Thanks to a spectacular discovery at Grunsberg Castle near Nuremberg, Germany, primary visual material of the building - including original floor plans, correspondence, sketches and photographs - has come to light. The design of the hotel can now be correctly attributed to the previously unknown German architect Johann Adam Rennebaum (1858-1937) who lived and worked in Egypt for more than 50 years. This cache, combined with material from numerous archives in Egypt, Europe and North America, allows for the first comprehensive survey on the art, architecture and design of the legendary lost hotel. More than merely lodging, Shepheard's made design a destination and allowed visitors to step through the looking glass into a fantastic recreation of the wonders along the banks of the Nile, quickly becoming an essential part of the grand tour in Egypt for well-heeled travelers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
ORIENTAL CAIRO THE CITY OF THE
Author: Theodore 1858-1919 RooseveltPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371389024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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Oriental Cairo, the City of the Arabian Nights (Classic Reprint)
Author: Douglas SladenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266422426
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Excerpt from Oriental Cairo, the City of the Arabian Nights And many people will, I think, be grateful for my pointing out to them the new facilities for getting to Egypt afforded by the combination of Thomas Cook Son with the P. And 0. Company, which I have tabulated on p. 351. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ORIENTAL CAIRO, THE CITY OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Author: DOUGLAS. SLADENPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033674833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oriental Studies
Author: EbiedPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004659390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Cairo Land
Author: Maceo PinkardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cairo (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Women of Cairo: Volume I (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Gerard De NervalPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317575350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Women of Cairo: Scenes of Life in the Orient, first published in 1929, describes the trip to Egypt and other locations in the Ottoman Empire taken by French Romanticist Gerard de Nerval. The book focuses on both reinforcing and dispelling the old ways in which people saw the Orient, as well as examining their old and new customs. This book is perfect for those studying history and travel.
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