Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque by Myntti, Cynthia

Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789774166532)

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Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque by Myntti, Cynthia

Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque

$39.95
Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque by Myntti, Cynthia

Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from the Belle Epoque

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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Cairo, 'Mother of the World' its vividly diverse neighborhoods and building styles reveal its cosmopolitan energy and reflect the myriad of economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the city over the centuries. So impressed was Khedive Ismail after a visit to Haussmann's 'new' Paris in 1867 that he decided to build a modern city along the same architectural lines and aesthetics, and brought European architects to Cairo to initiate Egypt's most dynamic building period since medieval times. The stunning buildings of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Cairo remain, but they are neglected, threatened by pollution, and are being pulled down for concrete highrises and parking lots. Paris along the Nile captures in 200 black-and-white photographs the architectural jewels of 'modern' Cairo.

Author: Cynthia Myntti
ISBN-10: 9774166531
ISBN-13: 9789774166532
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2015
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.80h x 9.80w x 0.50d
By Cynthia Myntti
By Cynthia Myntti
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Cynthia Myntti, who lived and worked in Cairo in the 1980s, is an anthropologist and architect. She directs the Neighborhood Initiative at the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon.

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