About ZAFARAN PALACE
An imposing palace that is considered a grandiose architectural masterpiece, a witness to its time and to the historical events it went through, it is the Saffron Palace, which was associated with the name of Khedive Ismail, built by the Italian architect Antonio Lashiak in 1901-1902 for the two princesses Jananiar Hanim and Jeshm Afat Hanim, the widows of Khedive Ismail, in memory of the deceased husband. The two co-wife commissioned the architect, Antonio Lashiak, to place decorative draws representing the monogram of Khedive Ismail, with the first letter of his name inside a botanical wreath consisting of two opposite branches in a circular shape topped by the royal crown with a crescent, as one of the royal emblems known to rulers and princes of the era of the era of Muhammad Ali family.