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Contemporary Cairo
Khedive Ismail had a dream of Egypt to be a piece of Europe or to be Europe of the East. So, he worked on importing most of the European civilization elements to Egypt, especially its unique architecture style and cultural landmarks. Khedive Ismail started to construct a building for an Egyptian Opera House to be like the famous Italian Opera House" La Scala" in 1869, and he assigned an Italian architect to supervise the construction works. The original Baroque Opera House, situated on Opera Square in downtown Cairo, was destroyed by fire in 1971. Statue of Ibrahim Pasha, General and Viceroy of Egypt. The statue is the work of the French sculptor Charles Henri Joseph Cordier.
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