Previously national court of Egypt)South Cairo Court, currently Bab Al Khalq ( 1301 AH/1883 AD – an archaeological and architectural study

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Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, Tanta University

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The importance of this research is to shed the light on the establishment of judicial courts and narrating the detailed architectural attributes and the importance of these institutions. The research follows the descriptive, analytical approach, and aims to study this architectural institution and publish it for the first time.
The institution is located in 398 Bab Al Khalq, Port Said St., beside Cairo Security Directorate, and is dated to 1883 according to the memorial text on the right of the main entrance. The court is a vast building and is considered a great edifice representing the decorative and architectural creativity of the juridical buildings in the era of Muhammad Ali dynasty, and reflects the accuracy and perfection of executing the architectural and decorative units of the European renaissance style. It has the shape of the letter (U) and consists of three floors. We will only study two floors for their antiquity, as the third floor was established in 1930 and is now in a terrible condition because of the fire occurring in 2013, and we recommend demolishing it altogether for the difficulty and high cost of its restoration and renewal.
The institution was built during the reign of Khedive Muhammad Tawfiq bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali, and the western main interface is divided into three sections, the middle of which goes back to the inside with two prominent suits on each side. The internal design of the court consists of two open yards adjacent to the center, and around them are the main design elements such as the wide lobbies, corridors, court and deliberation rooms, and offices. The research concludes many results and recommendations, the most important of which is proving the history and archeology of the institution – under study – and the necessity for pulling it out of the control of the Ministry of Justice, registering it under the Ministry of Antiquities and its supervision and responsibility, and turning it to a juridical museum after an immediate restoration.

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