Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace (Arabic: قصر عابدين), a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the July Revolution in 1952.

Built on the site of a small mansion owned by Abdeen Bey, Abdeen Palace, which is named after him,[4] has adornments, paintings, and a large number of clocks scattered in the parlors and wings, most of which are decorated with pure gold.

Between four palaces, King Fuad spent more than 18 million French francs with just one Parisian furniture manufacturer Linke & Cie.[6] More money was also spent on the palace's alteration, preservation and maintenance by consecutive rulers.

The upper floors (the former living quarters of the royal family) are reserved for visiting foreign dignitaries.

Among other documents, it contains the Imperial Ottoman firman, or decree, which established the rule of Muhammad Ali and his family, and a certificate for the Order of the Iron Crown, from the short-lived South American Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.