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Handbook of International Bridge Engineering. CRC Press. p. 1161-1207. ISBN 978-1-4398-1029-3. "Egyptian Bridges" (PDF). Bridges: a few examples of the work of a pioneer firm in the manufacture of steel and steelwork. Dorman Long and Company Limited. pp. 21– 32. H. Abbas, Hussein; M. Hassan, Maha (2017). "Steel railway bridges in Egypt" (PDF).
The Qasr el Nil Bridge (originally named Khedive Ismail Bridge, Egyptian Arabic: Asr el Nil Bridge), is a historic swing bridge structure dating from 1931 which replaced the first bridge to span the Nile River in central Cairo, Egypt. [2]
Historic Cairo features ensembles of Tulunid, Fatimid, and Mamluk buildings, including the Mosque of Ibn Tulun from the 8th century, numerous shrines, madrasas, hammams, and fountains. [11] [12] Abu Mena† Alexandria: 1979 90; iv (cultural) The Early Christian centre developed around the tomb of Menas of Alexandria, who died in 296.
The bridge is 540 m (1,770 ft) meters long and has six lanes in each direction. Its suspension towers are 92 m (302 ft) high with 160 suspension cables. The cable-stayed bridge width reaches 85 m (279 ft) at the eastern entrances, as the bridge width is increased to accommodate seven different entrance and exit ramps.
More bridges were built in the following Mamluk period (13th to early 16th centuries). Sultan Baybars (r. 1260–1277) built the Bridge of the Lions (Qanatir al-Siba'), which was restored by Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad in 1331. The Amir Husayn Bridge was built circa 1319, the Aqsunqur Bridge prior to 1339, and the Tuquzdamur Bridge prior to 1345. [31]
The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century. These documents were written from about 870 to ...
Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19th century during Khedive Ismail's rule, namely ...
1930 – Alexandria Aquarium opens. [citation needed] 1932 – Al-Haramlik Palace built. 1934 – Corniche constructed. [11] 1935 – English Girls College founded. 1937 – Eliahou Hazan Synagogue established. 1938 – Publication of The Egyptian Gazette moved from Alexandria to Cairo. 1941 – 19 December: Conflict between Italian and British ...