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12-1115: (Redirected from Bijou Opera House ) [REDACTED] Look up bijou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bijou is a French word meaning 'jewel', often loosely applied to buildings to mean small and elegant. It may also refer to: Buildings [ edit ] Bijou Palace, also known as the Al-Gawhara Palace , a palace in Cairo, Egypt Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1878) , former Broadway theater in New York City Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1917) , former Broadway theater in New York City Bijou Theatre (Boston) , Massachusetts Bijou Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee) Bijou Theatre, Melbourne , Australia Bijou Theatre Building , Marinette, Wisconsin Bijou Theater (Chicago) , Illinois Royal Bijou Theatre ,

24-1022: A 1975 live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp "Bijou" (Queen song) , song by Queen from the 1991 album Innuendo Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Le Bijou de la reine , an 1855 play written by Alexandre Dumas fils Bijou Funnies , an underground comic edited by Jay Lynch Bijou d'Inde (1993–2010), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire People [ edit ] Bijou Heron (1863–1937), American stage actress Bijou Fernandez (1877–1961), American stage and silent film actress Bijou Phillips (born 1980), American actress, model, and singer Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009), American child psychologist Jude Bijou (born 1946), American licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author Bijou (footballer) (born 1986), Cape Verdean former footballer Bijou Thaangjam , Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef, and entrepreneur Places [ edit ] Bijou, California ,

36-738: A coupé car manufactured by Citroën Bijou bottle, a small vial used in laboratories See also [ edit ] Bijoux (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bijou . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bijou&oldid=1187446790#Buildings " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

48-580: A fish in the American television series FishCenter Live Film and television [ edit ] Bijou (film) , a 1972 American film directed by Wakefield Poole Matinee at the Bijou , an American television series on PBS Music [ edit ] Bijou is the title of the fourth track on the 1960 album The Hottest New Group in Jazz by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Bijou (album) ,

60-656: A former theatre in Paignton, Devon, England Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Fictional characters [ edit ] Bijou, a character in the South Korean manhwa series Ragnarok Andréia Bijou, a character in the Brazilian telenovela Duas Caras Bijou, a character in the American war film Passage to Marseille Bijou, a hamster in the Japanese anime series Hamtaro Bijou,

72-606: A gift of the British Lord Hastings." Two years later, in 1824, fire again damaged the palace after explosions of gunpowder. Muhammad Ali imported large slabs of marble from Italy to build a vestibule, staircase and corridors. In 1825, English traveler Anne Catherine Elwood described the opulence of the palace, and in particular its grand room that could "offer dancing, had deep niches for conversation, and side rooms for music, reading, games and refreshment." Muhammad Ali's official divan or audience hall, where

84-401: A mint." The palace was constructed as a two-storey pavilion in the style of a Turkish kushk . It has Western style windows which were often topped with an oval oeil-de-boeuf . The French architect and engineer Pascal Coste was employed to add the residential quarters for the palace servants and functionaries. On one side of the palace was a haush (courtyard) and on the other, were views of

96-640: A museum in Egypt is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bijou, California 38°56′48″N 119°58′07″W  /  38.94667°N 119.96861°W  / 38.94667; -119.96861 Bijou (formerly, Taylors Landing and Taylor's Landing ) is a former unincorporated community now incorporated in South Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County , California . It lies at an elevation of 6243 feet (1903 m). The place

108-713: A town in South Lake Tahoe Bijou Geyser , in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone Bijou Hills, South Dakota , a census-designated place Bijou Park, California , a town in South Lake Tahoe A main downtown artery in Colorado Springs, Colorado Other uses [ edit ] Bijou (cocktail) , a gin-based cocktail Bijou (jewellery) , small pieces of valuable or costume jewellery Citroën Bijou ,

120-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Al-Gawhara Palace The palace was designed and constructed by artisans contracted from a variety of countries, including Greeks , Turks , Bulgarians and Albanians . The artisans constructed a variety of elements as part of the palace complex: "barracks, schools, an arsenal, a gun-powder factory and

132-549: The pasha received guests, contains a 1000kg chandelier sent to him by Louis-Philippe I of France. Some of the paintings in the Pasha hall of the palace portray the receiving of foreign ambassadors. The palace also contains the throne of Muhammad Ali Pasha that was a gift from the King of Italy. 30°01′41″N 31°15′34″E  /  30.02806°N 31.25944°E  / 30.02806; 31.25944 This article about

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144-451: The pyramids and the Nile . In 1822, a fire destroyed the palace's wooden construction in a blaze that lasted for 2 days. Later, Muhammad Ali had the structure expanded and elaborated upon with the construction of "a large marble fountain, columned stone terraces and porticoes, parterres of flower beds and orange groves, and even a menagerie containing a lion , two tigers and an elephant ,

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