Antoniades Garden
About the place
- Country : Egypt , Alexandria
- Address : Izbat Saed, Qesm Sidi Gaber، Alexandria Governorate
- Category : Parks and Gardens
Antoniades Garden
Antoniadis palace and gardens
Overview:
Antoniadis Gardens, the oldest garden in Alexandria, tells about the history of the successive ages of Egypt and the city of Alexandria.
The garden has several statues of famous people, such as statues of Vasco de Gama and Christopher Columbus, and also includes a distinctive collection of rare marble statues of mythological and historical figures, including statues of Venus, the goddess of beauty, in addition to statues representing the four seasons.
The garden contains several wonderful gardens, such as: Magellan's Garden, Al Nozha Garden, Al Ward Garden, which is an area of five acres and has a fountain and a marble statue and contains many rare flowers and roses, and there is a theater called Antoniadis Theater.
The garden includes all the styles and designs of the botanical gardens, such as: Arab-Islamic, Greek, French and Italian styles, and it contains many rare and perennial plants.
Historic overview:
It is said that its beginnings were in the Ptolemaic era, then it became the property of a wealthy Greek until Muhammad Ali took it and set up a palace for him in it, until the reign of Khedive Ismail, who re-created it in the form of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles in Paris, and its area was 50 acres at that time and added to it rare trees and plants.
After Khedive Ismail, the gardens were transferred to the Greek John Antoniadis and were named after him, and after his death it passed to his son, who gave them to the municipality of Alexandria according to his father's will in 1918 AD.
The park hosted many of the kings of the world during their stay in Alexandria, as well as Reza Pahlavi and his wife Princess Fawzia, the sister of King Farouk.
The palace witnessed the preparatory meeting of the Arab League of at its beginning in 1944.
The ownership of the palace was transferred to the Library of Alexandria in 2004 AD, to take care of it and its contents.
Resources:
Agazaclick website
Tripadvisor website
Yallabook website
