# Baron Empain Palace

Cairo, Egypt

In Heliopolis stands the Baron Empain Palace, a concrete villa shaped like a Hindu temple. Built between 1906 and 1911 for Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and designed by French architect Alexandre Marcel, it now reopens as a cultural center.

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Coordinates: 30.08667, 31.33028

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