Mashrabiyas
Fine lattice.
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Amasyali House is one of the most important historic houses of Rashid (Rosetta), at the mouth of the Rosetta branch of the Nile in northern Egypt, about 53 km northeast of Alexandria in a straight line. It is listed as Islamic monument number 32 in Egypt and stands out for its distinctive architecture and decoration typical of its period. It was built in 1808 by Othman Agha al-Tobgi, an Ottoman army commander in Rashid, and later passed to Ahmed al-Amasyali, whose family came from Amasya in Turkey. The house has two main street facades, north and west; the north facade is the principal one, three storeys high, with a projecting ceremonial entrance on the ground floor flanked by stone benches and carved wooden columns, and brick ornaments including a star pattern and Kufic script. The facade rises in red and black brick laid in decorative bands, with dark wooden mashrabiya screens of fine turned lattice projecting from it. Inside are tall halls with painted wooden ceilings in geometric and star patterns and wall cupboards inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Visitors explore the floors and halls, admire the mashrabiyas and ceilings, then visit Rashid's other historic houses nearby. Rashid makes a day trip from Alexandria.
Fine lattice.
Painted patterns.
Patterned brick.
Rashid (Rosetta), Beheira Governorate, Egypt
Yes, from Alexandria.
Rashid's historic houses.