Plan general de la ville du Caire

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Plan general de la ville du Caire

Item Information

Title:
Plan general de la ville du Caire
Description:
In 1867 the Khedive (title of the ruler of Egypt from 1867-1914) of Egypt, Ishmael Pacha, traveled to Paris and studied the urban planning of Georges-Eugene Haussmann (1809-91). Haussmann had been appointed by Emperor Napolean III to transform Paris in a massive urban renewal program that included wide boulevards, parks and public works. Pacha was inspired to remake the City of Cairo using the principles implemented in Paris and so he brought back the engineer who had done the work in Paris, Pierre Grand, and a horticulturist to reshape Cairo. This map, created by Grand for Pacha, displays the changes made to the city by 1874, such as the Jardin de L’Ezekieh and the widened avenues along the waterfront. The Nile River, which runs north/south, is along the bottom of the map presenting east at the top of the map. The scale is 1:4,000 and the key on the bottom left lists, with corresponding numbers and letters, both Islamic and Christian religious buildings, including Greek, Armenian, French, English and German churches. The two hundred seventy-nine mosques are indicated in hatched red areas while the thirty-three churches and synagogues are indicated in hatched blue areas.
Cartographer:
Grand-Bey, Pierre
Name on Item:
par P. Grand-Bey
Date:
1874
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
MacLean Collection Map Library
Collection (local):
MacLean Collection Map Library
Subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)--Maps
Places:
Cairo > Cairo
Extent:
1 map : color ; 127 cm x 293 cm
Terms of Use:
Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
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Publisher:
Cairo : Ebner et Cie.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,000]
Language:
French
Notes:
Oriented with north to the left.
Includes avenues or Percements through the fabric of the old city.
Important religious monuments of the city (Islamic and Christian) are differentiated both by color (red for mosques,and blue for churches and synagogues) and notation (numbers for the mosques, and letters for churches and synagogues).
Lithograph.
Identifier:
MacLeanColl_34730_Cairo
Call #:
34730