Hadaek al-Qubbah (Qubbah Gardens, ) is a district in the Northern Area of

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History

It used to be a palatial garden district in the 19th century as was

Shubra Shubra (, ; also written Shoubra or Shobra) is a district of Cairo, Egypt and it is one of eight districts that make up the Northern Area. Administratively it used to cover the entire area of the three districts of Shubra, Rod El Farag, and El Sa ...

before it. The Qubbah Palace was built in the mid 19th century by a royal and bought in 1866 by Khedive Ismail as a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

an retreat from his official residence, Abdeen Palace, in central Cairo. In the early 20th century, a daughter of the khedive built the Tahra Palace nearby. At the same time, Cairo was witnessing a real estate boom with the planning of a number of residential suburbs including

Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit ...

, Maadi and Heliopolis and in 1906, the Koubbeh Gardens Building Land Company bought 96 acres between Abbasiya and the palaces to develop. The district was once an affluent neighborhood with enormous mansions covering the area. Today, high blocks cover the once richly-gardened district.

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