'The Baron Empain Palace' better known as 'Le Palais Hindou (literally, The Hindu Palace)', is a distinctive and historic South Indian #Hindu temple inspired mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt. .. Continue...

The palace was designed by an architect named Alexandre Marcel, who was born in Belgium. The palace was decorated by Georges-Louis Claude. Inspired mostly by the Hindu temples of South India, it was built between 1907 and 1911, in reinforced concrete.

It was founded by Edward Louis Joseph Empain between 1907 and 1911. He was a Belgian businessman who was awarded the title "Baron" by the King of Belgium, on account of his economic contributions.

The interior design of the palace consists of three floors topped by a roof. The palace is surrounded by a large garden from all sides. As for the basement, it contained a residence for the palace's servants, and consisted of a group of rooms connected by corridors and doors.

The palace building is surrounded by a spiral staircase and an elevator that connects all the palace floors with a basement. The ground floor consists of a reception room, a dining room, and a billiard room. As for the first floor,

it houses four rooms, each with its own balcony and bathroom. Finally, the roof of the palace comes as an open space on one of the sides of the tower, characteristic of the Baron Palace.

Source : wikimedia , wikipedia, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities , Egypt .