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Area. 30 hectares. Created. May 2005. Al-Azhar Park ( Arabic: حديقة الأزهر) is a public park located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo, Egypt . Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces. [1] The park was created by the Historic Cities Support ...
The Egypt Portal. Egypt ( Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr] ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Bab al-Barqiyya (Arabic: باب البرقية) was a gate in the city walls of Cairo, Egypt. It acted as one of the main eastern city gates until falling into disuse and disappearing. In 1998, it was excavated and rediscovered, along with parts of the Ayyubid-era city walls of Cairo,as part of the creation of Al-Azhar Park. It was restored in ...
Completed. 816 AE. 1413 CE. Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi ( Arabic: مسجد قاني باي المحمدي) is one of the historical mosques in Cairo, Egypt, built in 1413 CE during the Burji dynasty era of Mamluk Sultanate. It is located at Al-Saleeba street in Islamic Cairo, and there is Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu at its neighbor.
Coordinates: 30°03′5.9″N 31°15′49.5″E. Interior view. The Khanqah of Baybars II is a medieval building located on historic Sharia Gamaliya in Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1306 and 1310 in the medieval Islamic Cairo to accommodate four hundred Sufis and children of the Mamluk Sultanate. [1] This is the oldest khanqah or convent ...
The museum was established in 1937 at the old building of the Egyptian Ministry of War in downtown Cairo. It was later moved to a temporary location in the Garden City district of Cairo. In November 1949 the museum was moved to the Haram Palace at the Cairo citadel. It has been renovated several times since, in 1982, 1993 [2] and 2011.
Z. Alexandria Zoo. Categories: Protected areas of Egypt. Parks by country. Geography of Egypt. Tourist attractions in Egypt. Parks in Africa by country. Outdoor structures in Egypt.
The Al-Azhar Park in Cairo was opened in 2005 at the Darassa Hill. According to D. Fairchild Ruggles, it is "a magnificent site that evokes historic Islamic gardens in its powerful geometries, sunken garden beds, Mamluk-style polychromatic stonework, axial water channels, and playing fountains, all interpreted in a subdued modern design."