Antonio Lasciac

Antonio Lasciac (Italian) or Anton Laščak (Slovene) (21 September 1856 – 26 December 1946) was an Italian architect, engineer, poet and musician of Slovene descent, who designed the Khedive's Palace in Istanbul and the Tahra Palace in Cairo. ) from a Slovene family. Maria bore three children with unusual and fully Italian names: Plautilla Angelina Francesca, Fabrizio Antonio Giuseppe and Romeo Italico Alessandro (died 1926).

Lasciac designed buildings in Gorizia and many Eastern capitals and cities, especially Egypt. Headquarters of the Jewish Community of Alexandria, 1887, Alexandria Prince Said Halim Pasha Palace, 1896–1899, Maarouf, Downtown, Cairo (later Nasriya school) Suarès Palace (later Risotto Club), 1897, Cairo Villa Mazloum Pasha, 1898–1899, Alexandria Palace of Prince Kamal Al-Din Hussein And Princess Niemat-Allah, 1906, Cairo Aisha Fahmy Palace, 1907, Zamalek, Cairo Tahra Palace, 1907, Cairo Khedive's Palace, 1907, Istanbul Villa Lasciac, 1909, Gorizia Khedival Buildings, 1911, Emad Al Din Street, Cairo Abdeen Palace, extension, Cairo Assicurazioni Generali di Trieste SpA building, 1911, Cairo St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, 1911, Cairo Alexandria railway station (Egypt) , 1915–1927, Alexandria Villa of Princess Fatma Al-Zahra, 1919, Alexandria (today Royal Jewelry Museum) Headquarters of Banque Misr, 1927, Cairo

Honors Asteroid 292459 Antoniolasciac, discovered by astronomers at the Italian Farra d'Isonzo Observatory in 2006, was named in his memory.

Sources cited

Khalil, Mohamed Ali Mohamed. The Italian Architecture in Alexandria Egypt (Thesis submitted to University Kore of Enna to obtain Second level master's degree in architecture restoration A.A. 2008–2009)