Antoniades gardens will be opened for the public after restoration

Although antoniades palace, built on the model of versaille Palace in Paris, is considered among the significant landmarks in Alexandria that witnessed many historic events, it is still closed before local and international tourism because of its need to restoration.

Director of Antoniades garden' palace, Ahmed Abdul Latif explained that the palace host the signing ceremony of the 1936 agreement between Cairo and Britain as well as the first meeting of the Egyptian Olympia' committee.

The Shah of Iran Reda' Bahlawi had also spent his honey moon with his Egyptian wife princes.

The antoniades gardens were established in the mid 19th century and were opened to the public following the July revolution.

In 1986 a republican decree was issued transferring the responsibility of the gardens from Alexandria govern orate to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The administration of the gardens was assigned to AL Montazah Company for tourism and investment, but upon the termination of the contract the horticultural research institute was entrusted the task of running the gardens.

However the minister of Agriculture, Youssef Wali, has decided to open the gardens within the context of the celebrations marking the opening of Alexandria Library next April.