El Gawhara (Jewel) Palace Museum
The Gawhara Palace or Jewel Palace certainly has a weird name and of course, there is a story behind this name. The name of the Gawhara Palace actually originated from the name of Gawhara, the last wife and one of the favorite wives of Mohamed Ali. The Gawhara Palace has functioned as a museum hosting the valuable belongings of the last royal family of Egypt after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 when the country transformed from being a kingdom and became a republic under the first president Mohamed Naguib.
The citadel of Saladin in Cairo is one of the major monuments of the city and one of the most remarkable historical sites in all of Egypt. The citadel has functioned as the seat of power for many kings and Sultans of Egypt for a long period of time and many government structures were builr inside the citadel during the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.
The Citadel today hosts the Mosque of Mohamed Ali and the centerpiece of the Citadel, the Mamluk Mosque of Al Nasser Mohamed. There is also the Ottoman Mosque of Suleiman Pasha El Khadim. The Museums located inside the citadel include The Museum of the Egyptian Police, the Royal Carriages Museum, the Military Museum, and the Qaser El Gawhara or Jewel Palace Museum which we will highlight today.