There are several other royal palaces in the Zizinia neighborhood which we did not visit. This picture is of the gate to the El Safa Palace which was built by the Greek Count "Stephen Zizinia", the Consul General of Belgium to Egypt who used to work in the cotton trade. The palace was then transformed into Gloria Hotel.In 1927, Prince Muhammad Ali, son of Khedive Tawfiq, decided to buy and renovate the palace and turn it into a royal palace; he named it after Al-Safa mountain that was mentioned in the Quran as one of the Hajj rituals.He was the regent during the period between the death of King Fuad I and King Farouk’s- his cousin- succession to the throne until he reached the majority age on April 28, 1936. Then, he became the crown prince until Farouk begot his son, Prince Ahmed Fuad II. Prince Muhammad Ali was the first to embark on establishing colossal palaces in Alexandria, thus inspiring Noble Fatima Haider to commission her palace “The Royal Jewelry Museum”, in this area.