Carl von Diebitsch (1819–1869) was a Prussian architect from Berlin active in Egypt and Prussia. He is notable for his role in the design of the Gezira Palace for Khedive Isma'il of Egypt.
Biography He traveled from 1842 to 1848 during his studies, in Rome, Sicily, North Africa, and Spain.
He worked with 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.
He designed the , inspired by the Alhambra which he studied while in Spain, for the Prussian participation in the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Clients and works Client's nameProfessionReligionBuildingBuilding locationBourgeois in Neuruppin, BrandenburgProtestantTurkish Villa TempelgartenNerrupin, Brandenburg, GermanyCarl von DiebitschArchitectProtestantMoorish HouseBerlin, Germany, son of Johann Christian Gentzbourgeois in Neuruppin, BrandenburgProtestantGranary of GentzrodeNear Neuruppin, Brandenburg, GermanyHenry OppenheimGerman bankerJewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wifeIron work and interior design of Villa Oppenheim (no longer exists)Cairo, EgyptMohamed Sherif PashaMinister of foreign affairs in EgyptMuslimHypostyle and stairway in cast iron (no longer exists)Cairo, EgyptSoliman Pasha al-FaransawiMajor General in Egyptian armyFrench by birth converted to IslamMausoleum (still existing)Cairo, EgyptIsmaʼil PashaKhedive of EgyptMuslimIron work and interior design of palace (still existing) and garden pavilion on Al-Gazira island (no longer exists)Cairo, EgyptNubar PashaEgyptian MinisterArmenian ChristianRebuilding and enlarging the palace of Nubar Pasha (no longer exists)Cairo, EgyptDescendant of a Mecca pilgrimMuslimMaqsura for a saint in a mosque on the Muqattam hillsCairo, EgyptMenshausenBankerProtestantVilla Menshausen (no longer exists)Alexandria, EgyptCount Gerbel or GöbelAristocratChristianVilla Gerbel or Göbel (no longer exists)Cairo, EgyptBethel Henry StrousbergRailway magnateJewish convert to Anglicanism after marrying a British wifeMoorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Diebitsch's wife after his death)Schloß Zbirow, Bohemia (today in Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany)Ludwig IIKing of BavariaCatholicMoorish pavilion from the 1867 Exposition Universelle, (bought from Strousberg when he became insolvent)Schloß Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany
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