Carl von Diebitsch (1819–1869) was a Prussian architect from Berlin active in Egypt and Prussia. [1] [2] He is notable for his role in the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt. [2]
He traveled from 1842 to 1848 during his studies, in Rome, Sicily, North Africa, and Spain. [1]
He worked with Julius Franz and Owen Jones on the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt, contributing an Alhambresque portico and a monumental garden kiosk. [2]
He designed the “ Maurischer Kiosk ,” inspired by the Alhambra which he studied while in Spain, for the Prussian participation in the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. [2]
Client's name | Profession | Religion | Building | Building location |
Johann Christian Gentz | Bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Turkish Villa | Nerrupin, Brandenburg, Germany [1] |
Carl von Diebitsch | Architect | Protestant | Moorish House | Berlin, Germany [1] |
Alexander Gentz , son of Johann Christian Gentz | bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Granary of Gentzrode | Near Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany [1] |
Henry Oppenheim | German banker | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Iron work and interior design of Villa Oppenheim (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Mohamed Sherif Pasha | Minister of foreign affairs in Egypt | Muslim | Hypostyle and stairway in cast iron (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi | Major General in Egyptian army | French by birth converted to Islam | Mausoleum (still existing) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Ismaʼil Pasha | Khedive of Egypt | Muslim | Iron work and interior design of palace (still existing) and garden pavilion on Al-Gazira island (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Nubar Pasha | Egyptian Minister | Armenian Christian | Rebuilding and enlarging the palace of Nubar Pasha (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Descendant of a Mecca pilgrim | Muslim | Maqsura for a saint in a mosque on the Muqattam hills | Cairo, Egypt [1] | |
Menshausen | Banker | Protestant | Villa Menshausen (no longer exists) | Alexandria, Egypt [1] |
Count Gerbel or Göbel | Aristocrat | Christian | Villa Gerbel or Göbel (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Bethel Henry Strousberg | Railway magnate | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Diebitsch's wife after his death) | Schloß Zbirow, Bohemia (today in Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany) [1] |
Ludwig II | King of Bavaria | Catholic | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Strousberg when he became insolvent) | Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany [1] |
Carl von Diebitsch (1819–1869) was a Prussian architect from Berlin active in Egypt and Prussia. [1] [2] He is notable for his role in the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt. [2]
He traveled from 1842 to 1848 during his studies, in Rome, Sicily, North Africa, and Spain. [1]
He worked with Julius Franz and Owen Jones on the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt, contributing an Alhambresque portico and a monumental garden kiosk. [2]
He designed the “ Maurischer Kiosk ,” inspired by the Alhambra which he studied while in Spain, for the Prussian participation in the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. [2]
Client's name | Profession | Religion | Building | Building location |
Johann Christian Gentz | Bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Turkish Villa | Nerrupin, Brandenburg, Germany [1] |
Carl von Diebitsch | Architect | Protestant | Moorish House | Berlin, Germany [1] |
Alexander Gentz , son of Johann Christian Gentz | bourgeois in Neuruppin, Brandenburg | Protestant | Granary of Gentzrode | Near Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany [1] |
Henry Oppenheim | German banker | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Iron work and interior design of Villa Oppenheim (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Mohamed Sherif Pasha | Minister of foreign affairs in Egypt | Muslim | Hypostyle and stairway in cast iron (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi | Major General in Egyptian army | French by birth converted to Islam | Mausoleum (still existing) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Ismaʼil Pasha | Khedive of Egypt | Muslim | Iron work and interior design of palace (still existing) and garden pavilion on Al-Gazira island (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Nubar Pasha | Egyptian Minister | Armenian Christian | Rebuilding and enlarging the palace of Nubar Pasha (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Descendant of a Mecca pilgrim | Muslim | Maqsura for a saint in a mosque on the Muqattam hills | Cairo, Egypt [1] | |
Menshausen | Banker | Protestant | Villa Menshausen (no longer exists) | Alexandria, Egypt [1] |
Count Gerbel or Göbel | Aristocrat | Christian | Villa Gerbel or Göbel (no longer exists) | Cairo, Egypt [1] |
Bethel Henry Strousberg | Railway magnate | Jewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wife | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Diebitsch's wife after his death) | Schloß Zbirow, Bohemia (today in Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany) [1] |
Ludwig II | King of Bavaria | Catholic | Moorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Strousberg when he became insolvent) | Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany [1] |