Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo – opened 1841, burned down in 1952

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1. sussoutthemoon says

   some pics [here](https://i.imgur.com/33N9ndH.jpg)

   [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepheard%27s_Hotel)

2. sussoutthemoon says

   here’s the same picture [a bit bigger](https://i.imgur.com/33N9ndH.jpg)

   posted the smaller one by accident.

3. ChefofA says

   Is that a cloth dome?

4. darlingeye says

   Almost looks like a movie set, with scaffolding behind holding it all up. Thanks for posting it.

5. Sierrajeff says

   Is the dome, at the corner, just canvas over a frame? It looks … wrinkled.