Cairo Palace of Said Halim Pasha (Champollion House) 1899 south (2)
Patron: Said Halim Pasha 1865-1921 (assassinated in Rome for his role in the Armenian genocide), an Ottoman statesman of Egyptian origin who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1913-1917. He was the grandson of Mohammed Ali.
Architect: Antonio Lasciac (or Anton Laščak) 1856-1946, an architect, engineer, poet and musician of Slovene descent, who designed the Khedive's Palace in Istanbul and the Tahra Palace in Cairo and became the Egyptian court architect in 1907 under Khedive Abbas Hilmi II.
Cairo Palace of Said Halim Pasha (Champollion House) 1899 south (2)
Patron: Said Halim Pasha 1865-1921 (assassinated in Rome for his role in the Armenian genocide), an Ottoman statesman of Egyptian origin who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1913-1917. He was the grandson of Mohammed Ali.
Architect: Antonio Lasciac (or Anton Laščak) 1856-1946, an architect, engineer, poet and musician of Slovene descent, who designed the Khedive's Palace in Istanbul and the Tahra Palace in Cairo and became the Egyptian court architect in 1907 under Khedive Abbas Hilmi II.