Historic site · Egypt
Bashtak Palace
قصر الأمير بشتاك
A 1330s Mamluk palace on Al-Muizz Street with a four-iwan hall, marble fountain and mashrabiyya windows, now the Arab Singing House.
Where it is
30.0504, 31.2617
Why go
Amir Bashtak al-Nasiri, a commander and son-in-law of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, built this palace between 1334 and 1339 on Al-Muizz Street, over ground once occupied by the Fatimid caliphs’ Eastern Palace. Its grand hall is laid out with four iwans under a decorated wooden ceiling around a coloured marble fountain, and upper windows combine mashrabiyya screens with stained glass under pointed arches. Restored in 2003, it now houses the Arab Singing House, a Ministry of Culture creativity centre for Egyptian and Arab musical heritage.
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