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OTTOMAN GATE HARET EL-MOUBAYYADIN
Cairo
Ancient monuments
One of the few remaining Ottoman gates in historic Cairo. They corresponded ...Read more
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BAB EL-FOUTOUH
Cairo
Works of art to see
Built in 1087, Bab el-Foutouh (Gate of Conquests) is recognizable by its ...Read more
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SABIL KUTTAB QAITBAY
Cairo
Works of art to see
It was in 1479 that Sultan Qaïtbay built this superb red stone edifice, ...Read more
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SABIL MOHAMMED ALI
Cairo
Works of art to see
This sabil is now below the street which has grown 1.50 m in height in less ...Read more
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BEIT HARAOUI
Cairo
Mansion to visit
This bourgeois house built in 1731 was restored in 1993. A succession of ...Read more
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MANIAL PALAIS
Cairo
Monuments to visit
In March 2015, the Palais Manial reopened its doors after ten years of ...Read more
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EMIR TAZ PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Built in 1352 by the son-in-law of the Mamluk sultan Mohammed Qalaoun, who ...Read more
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BEIT EL-Suhaymi
Cairo
Mansion to visit
This superb house, built in successive periods between 1648 and 1796 by ...Read more
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JOSEPH'S WELL (BIR YOUSSEF)
Cairo
Works of art to see
A great work of military engineering of Salah el-Din in 1183, this 80 m ...Read more
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GAWHARA PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Located southwest of the esplanade. Also known as the Palace of Jewels, the ...Read more
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HAREM PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
The palace-harem of Mehemet Ali is located in the northern district and now ...Read more
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SUPREME COURT
Cairo
Monuments to visit
The buildings that house the Egyptian Supreme Court of Justice were built ...Read more
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SAKAKINI PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Funny little palace built in 1897 by Habib Sakakini, and which is located ...Read more
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CAIRO UNIVERSITY
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Today's Cairo University was built between 1935 and 1937 by architect Eric ...Read more
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STATUE THE AWAKENING OF EGYPT
Cairo
Monuments to visit
It is called Nahdat Misr or the Awakening of Egypt. The granite statue was ...Read more
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EMPAIN BARON'S PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
This Hindu-style palace contrasts with the neo-Moorish style typical of the ...Read more
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PRESIDENCY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Cairo
Monuments to visit
The Presidential Palace (al Ittehadiya) was housed in the Palace Hotel ...Read more
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BAB EL-GHOURI
Cairo
Towers to visit
At the entrance to the popular souq, where Egyptians go to haggle over ...Read more
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TAKYA ABOU SEIF
Cairo
Mansion to visit
This building, which extends the khanqah of Sultan Ashraf Barsbay, is not ...Read more
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HELIOPOLIS OASIS COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
Cairo
Monuments to visit
The headquarters of the Company of Baron Empain is a neo-Moresque creation ...Read more
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AYYUBID MINARET
Cairo
Ancient monuments
Only in the middle of nowhere, stands on the other side of the street a ...Read more
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SABIL EL-MOUSTAHFIZAN
Cairo
Works of art to see
Ibrahim Agha el-Moustahfizan had this sabil (path) built at the same time ...Read more
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BAB TARABEY EL-CHERIFI
Cairo
Works of art to see
This door, built in 1503, is located next to a mausoleum with a very ...Read more
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CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Cairo
Monuments to visit
This is one of the questionable expressions of néopharaonique ...Read more
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MADRASSA ZAHIR BARQUQ
Cairo
Schools colleges and universities to visit
This madrasah (Koranic school) also has a khanqah (which can accommodate ...Read more
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QUBBA GARDEN
Cairo
Monuments to visit
These buildings, which were less and less arrogant than those in the centre ...Read more
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RAB QATBAY
Cairo
Mansion to visit
This building of Qatbay time on the visitor's path is left out.Read more
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SABIL MOHAMMED MOUSTAHFIZAN
Cairo
Works of art to see
This late kuttab kuttab of mameluke age was built in 1677.Read more
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SABIL YOUSSEF BLEK
Cairo
Works of art to see
This sabil built in 1634 is not open for visiting, but it is interesting ...Read more
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ARAB LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS
Cairo
Monuments to visit
The headquarters of the Arab League was built from 1955 to 1960 by the ...Read more