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Le Méridien Heliopolis

From his Autobiography: Heshmat and Horus

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From his Autobiography: Heshmat and Horus

From his Autobiography: Heshmat and Horus

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At the hotel entrance

At the hotel entrance

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Located Cairo (Heliopolis), Egypt
51 El-Orouba, Almazah, Heliopolis, Cairo Governorate 4461030
Not far from the Baron Empain Palace, Le Méridian Heliopolis Hotel opened in 1987. It had commissioned several statues by Hassan Heshmat. As a deliberate design feature for the hotel entrance, we find a pair of monumental falcons, positioned symmetrically to the left and right of the driveway. The falcons stand in pairs as ‘gatekeepers’ at the entrance. We also find the daughter of the Nile. The hotel was shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). “Le Méridien Heliopolis.” Global Heshmat, n.d. Record artwork:15. Version 82de5b4d2f9b (build d691eec046ad7a6e). https://heshmat.zmo.de/artworks/le-meridien-heliopolis/. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.

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