Al Ḩayy al Awal
District of Cairo
Cairo Governorate - Egypt

Al-Azhar University

Al-Azhar University is a university in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 970 or 972 as a madrasa, or centre of Islamic learning, its students studied the Qur'an and Islamic law in detail, along with logic, grammar, rhetoric, and how to calculate the lunar phases of the moon. By bringing together the study of a number of subjects in the same place it was one of the first universities in the world and the only one to survive as a modern university including secular subjects in the curriculum.

Located at 30.0458, 31.2625 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Al-Azhar University, Education in Cairo, Universities in Egypt, Islamic universities and colleges, Muslim education, Madrassas, Islam in Egypt, Medieval Cairo, Arabic architecture, Islamic architecture, Muizz Street, 988 establishments, 10th-century architecture, Educational institutions established in the 10th century, 10th-century establishments in Egypt

Mosque of Ibn Tulun

The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area. The mosque was commissioned by Ahmad ibn Ţūlūn, the Abbassid governor of Egypt from 868–884 whose rule was characterized by de facto independence.

Located at 30.0289, 31.2494 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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9th-century mosques, Mosques in Cairo, Abbasid architecture, Fatimid architecture, Mosques in Egypt, Medieval Cairo, Visitor attractions in Cairo, Tulunids

Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque

The Mosque of Al Salih Tala'i is one of about 43 historic monuments that were marked for restoration in the first phase of a project meant to turn the medieval part of Cairo into an open-air museum. the Mosque is considered a suspended Mosque, this means that the mosque is built above stores that rent the space, helping to financially support the mosque.

Located at 30.0422, 31.2578 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Medieval Cairo, Mosques in Cairo, Muizz Street, Arabic architecture

Cairo Citadel

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is a medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. The location, on Mokattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city. It is now a preserved historic site, with mosques and museums.

Located at 30.0294, 31.2614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Medieval Cairo, Castles in Egypt, History museums in Egypt, Open air museums in Egypt, Buildings and structures in Cairo, Visitor attractions in Cairo, History of Cairo, 1180s architecture, Arabic architecture, Ayyubid architecture, Mamluk architecture

Al-Azhar Park

Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in 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. The park was created by the Historic Cities Support Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, an entity of the Aga Khan Development Network .

Located at 30.0405, 31.2646 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks in Egypt, Geography of Cairo, Visitor attractions in Cairo, 2005 establishments in Egypt, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Aga Khan Trust for Culture projects,

Gayer-Anderson Museum

The Gayer-Anderson Museum is located in Cairo, Egypt, adjacent to the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. The museum takes its name from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha, who resided in the house between 1935 and 1942 with special permission from the Egyptian Government.

Located at 30.0284, 31.2507 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in Egypt, Museums in Cairo, Biographical museums in Egypt, Art museums and galleries in Egypt, History museums in Egypt, Architecture museums, Decorative arts museums, Historic house museums in Egypt, Buildings and structures in Cairo, Visitor attractions in Cairo, Medieval Cairo

Tura, Egypt

Tura was a site in Ancient Egypt, located about halfway between modern Cairo and Helwan. It was Egypt's primary quarry for limestone. Tura was known to the ancient Egyptians as Troyu or Royu. This name was misinterpreted by Strabo to mean that it was inhabited by Trojans, thus the Hellenistic city was named Troia. This site was located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:30|00|N|31|16|E||| | |name= }}, and its site is occupied by the modern town of Tura, Cairo Governorate.

Located at 30, 31.2667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Egypt, Ancient Greek sites in Egypt

Mosque of Muhammad Ali

The great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848. Situated on the summit of the citadel, this Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's oldest son, who died in 1816.

Located at 30.0286, 31.2597 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Cairo, Mosques in Cairo, Islamic architecture, Ottoman architecture

Manshiyat Naser

Manshiyat Naser, also known as Garbage City, is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam Hill on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Its economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city's garbage. Although the area has streets, shops, and apartments as other areas of the city, it lacks infrastructure and often has no running water, sewage, or electricity.

Located at 30.0322, 31.2753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Districts of Greater Cairo, Slums in Africa, Coptic settlements

Al-Askar

Al-Askar al-‘Askar was the capital of Egypt from 750-868, when the Abbasid caliphate was in power in Egypt.

Located at 30.0239, 31.2478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Populated places in Egypt, Populated places established in the 8th century

City of the Dead (Cairo)

The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis (Qarafa, el-Arafa), is an Arabic necropolis and cemetery below the Mokattam Hills in southeastern Cairo, Egypt. The people of Cairo, the Cairenes, and most Egyptians, call it el'arafa (trans. 'the cemetery'). It is a 4 miles long (north-south) dense grid of tomb and mausoleum structures, where some people live and work amongst the dead. Some reside here to be near ancestors, of recent to ancient lineage.

Located at 30.0467, 31.2764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Arabic architecture, Cemeteries in Egypt, Districts of Cairo, History of Cairo, Mausoleums used as housing

Aqsunqur Mosque

The Aqsunqur Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha) is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Saladin (Cairo Citadel.

Located at 30.036, 31.26 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Mosques in Cairo, Mamluk architecture, Ottoman architecture, 1340s architecture, 1347 establishments

Carriage Museum (Egypt)

The Carriage Museum is a museum of historic carriages, located in Cairo, Egypt. It is part of the Cairo Citadel museum complex.

Located at 30.029, 31.2636 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Cairo, History museums in Egypt, Carriage museums

Al-Gawhara Palace

Al-Gawhara Palace (Qasr al-Gawhara), also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt. The palace is situated south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Cairo Citadel. It was commissioned by Mohammed Ali Pasha in 1814. The palace designed and constructed by artisans contracted from a variety of countries, including Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and Albanians.

Located at 30.0281, 31.2594 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Cairo, Palaces in Egypt, History museums in Egypt, Historic house museums in Egypt, Buildings and structures in Cairo

Bayt Al-Razzaz palace

The Bayt al-Razzaz Palace was constructed from the late 15th century through the late 18th century in the heart of medieval Cairo, Egypt. Bayt al-Razzaz is an abandoned 178-room urban palace in the Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood of medieval Cairo. It is a property of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. It was built in the time of the Mamluk sultan Qayt Bay or Qaitbay.

Located at 30.0375, 31.2592 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Egypt, Arabic architecture, Buildings and structures in Cairo, Houses completed in the 18th century

2008 Cairo landslide

The 2008 Cairo landslide happened on September 6, 2008, in Al-Duwayqa, an informal settlement in the Manshiyat naser neighborhood of east Cairo, Egypt. 119 people died in the rockslide. Boulders weighing as much as 70 tons rolled into the shantytown following the landslide. After most of the neighborhood had been flattened, those families still living in the slum were evicted and any remaining buildings were flattened by the government.

Located at 30.0457, 31.2882 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disasters in Egypt, Landslides, 2008 in Egypt

Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah

Dār al-Iftā' al-Miṣriyyah is an educational institute founded to represent Islam and the international flagship for Islamic legal research since its establishment in 1313 AH/1895 CE. It fulfills its role by keeping contemporary Muslims in touch with religious principles, clarifying "the right way," removing doubts concerning religious and worldly life, and revealing religious law for the new issues of contemporary life.

Located at 30.0456, 31.27 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Islam in Egypt

Mokattam

Mokattam and the Moqattam Hills,, also Muqattam and Moqattam Mountain, is the name of a hill range and a suburb in them, located in southeastern Cairo, Egypt.

Located at 30.02, 31.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Mountains of Egypt, Geography of Cairo

2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing

The 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing was a bomb explosion that took place at 6:30 p.m. local time on 22 February 2009 in Khan el-Khalili, a souq in eastern Cairo, Egypt, killing a 17 year old French teenager and injuring 24 other people. It was the first of the February 2009 Cairo terrorist attacks.

Located at 30.0333, 31.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2009, Murder in 2009, Improvised explosive device bombings in Egypt

Amir Taz Palace

The Amir Taz Palace is a palace in Cairo, Egypt. It is situated on the intersection of Saliba Street and Suyufiyya Street, and forms the main entrance to Medieval Cairo. The palace was originally built in 1352 by a Mamluk belonging to one of Sultan Qalawun's sons. The palace of Emir Taz was subsequently remodelled several times, most notably in the 17th century, during the reform of the Khedive Ismail.

Located at 30.0319, 31.2533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1352, Saliba Street, Palaces in Cairo

Manarat el Mostaqbal Language School

Manarat el Mostaqbal Language School is a school located in Moqattam, Cairo, Egypt.

Located at 29.9875, 31.3178 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Private schools in Cairo

Juyushi Mosque

Al-Jam`e Al-Juyushi or Juyushi Mosque was built by Badr al-Jamali who was "Amir al Juyush" of the Fatimids. The mosque was completed in 478 H/1085 AD under the patronage of the then Caliph and Imam Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah. It was built on an end of the Mokattam Hills which would ensure a view of the Cairo city. In the Ottoman period, the mosque was probably used by dervishes as a monastery.

Located at 30.022, 31.2685 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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10th-century architecture, Fatimid architecture, Mosques in Cairo, Medieval Cairo

Lulua Mosque

The Lulua Mosque is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt, that was built in 1015–16 AD. The mosque is also known by many other names like al-Lu'lu'a Mosque, Majid aasl-Luʼluʼah, Mosque of al-Lu'lu'a, Mosque of al-Lulua, Luluah Mosque, Qabr Lu'lu'a Bint al-Muqauqis, Mosque of al Lulua. It was constructed during the reign of the third Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim, in the Fatimid architectural style.

Located at 30.0199, 31.2682 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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10th-century architecture, Fatimid architecture, Mosques in Cairo, Medieval Cairo

Amir Alin Aq Palace

Amir Alin Aq Palace (also known as Amir Khayrbak Palace, Emir Khayrbak Palace, or Amir Khayr Bek Palace) was built in 1293. It stands on the Darb al-Ahmar, the ceremonial road leading to the Citadel in Cairo. Its reception hall (qa'a) is particularly notable. Alin Aq was an amir and cupbearer to Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil ibn Qalawun. This building is early Bahri and is now in ruins, with the exception of the portal.

Located at 30.0356, 31.26 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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13th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Cairo, Palaces in Egypt, African architecture

Egyptian National Military Museum

The Egyptian National Military Museum is the official museum of the Egyptian Army.

Located at 30.0294, 31.2614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Cairo, Palaces in Egypt, History museums in Egypt, Historic house museums in Egypt, Arabic architecture