El Manial

El Manial (Egyptian Arabic: المنيل  pronounced [elˈmænjæl], "the nilometer") is a district of Cairo, located on Rhoda Island in the Nile.

The El Manial Palace and garden estate was built for Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik between 1899 and 1929.

The Prince is the first cousin of King Faruq and the younger brother of Khedive Abbas II Hilmi.

[2] The remaining palace gardens have beautiful plants and flowers in an expansive setting fronting a small branch of the Nile.

It is different from the new Kasr Al Ainy Teaching (French) hospital, across the bridge on Cairo side.

El Manial Palace entrance and gardens.
El Manial Palace Museum, the throne room.