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Al-Mu'izz Street. Appearance. Coordinates: 30°02′48″N31°15′36″E. Al-Mu'izz Street, section of Bayn al-Qasrayn. Al-Muizz li-Din Allah al-Fatimi Street (Arabic: شارع المعز لدين الله الفاطمي), or al-Muizz Street for short, is a major north-to-south street in the walled city of historic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of ...
2. The al-Hakim Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحاكم, romanized: Masjid al-Ḥākim), also known as al-Anwar (Arabic: الانور, lit. 'the Illuminated'), [1] is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh (985–1021), the 6th Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismāʿīlī Imam. Construction of the mosque was ...
The domed Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub, overlooking al-Muizz street today. The Salihiyya Madrasa (or Madrasa as-Salihiyya), also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub (Arabic: مدرسة وقبة الصالح نجم الدين أيوب, romanized: Madrasa wa Qubbat as-Salih Nagm ad-Din Ayyub) is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo, Egypt.
The al-Hussein Mosque[1][2] or al-Husayn Mosque, [3][4] also known as the Mosque of al-Imam al-Husayn[4] (Arabic: مسجد الإمام ٱلحُسين) and the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Husayn, [5][6] is a mosque and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 1874. [7] The mosque is located in Cairo ...
Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanized: Masjid As-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt, and constitutes one of the most important and biggest mosques in the history of Egypt. The name is an honor to Sayyidah Zaynab bint Ali, one of the daughters of Ali, fourth Caliph and ...
135,000. Dome (s) 1 (world's heaviest dome) Minaret (s) 2. Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center, which houses Masjid Misr or the Grand Mosque, is a religious and architectural landmark located in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. [1] The center covers an area of 250,000 square meters, and can accommodate 131,000 people.
El Sawy Culture Wheel (Arabic: ساقية الصاوى) (transliterated: Sakkiat Al-Sawy) is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt [ 1 ] and receives more than 20,000 visitors ...
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.