Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque
Myntti, Cynthia
Myntti, C.
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Hardcover
112 pages
200 Varnished Duotone Illustrations
Published: 1999
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN / EAN: 9774245105
So impressed was Khedive Ismail after a visit to Haussman's "new" Paris in 1867 that he decided to build a modern city along the same architectural lines and aesthetics, and brought European architects to Cairo to initiate Egypt's most dynamic building pe
