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Touring Masākin al Abājīyah ash Sha‘bīyah
The district Masākin al Abājīyah ash Sha‘bīyah of Cairo in Cairo Governorate is a subburb located in Egypt and is a district of the nations capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 32°C / 89 °F
Morning Temperature | 26°C / 79 °F |
Evening Temperature | 38°C / 100 °F |
Night Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 37% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (8 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
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Monday, 9th of September 2024
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32°C (89 °F)
28°C (83 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
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33°C (92 °F)
31°C (88 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
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35°C (96 °F)
31°C (88 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Four Seasons at Nile Plaza
InterContinental Hotels CAIRO SEMIRAMIS
Le Riad - Tell a Story
Kempinski Nile Hotel Garden City
Happy City Hotel
Talisman Hotel
Golden Hotel Cairo
Windsor
Kings Palace
City Plaza Hostel
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
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.
Bab Zuweila
Bab Zuweila is a medieval gate in Cairo, which is still standing in modern times. It was also known as Bawabbat al-Mitwali during the Ottoman period, and is sometimes spelled Bab Zuwayla. It is considered one of the major landmarks of the city and is the last remaining southern gate from the walls of Fatimid Cairo in the 11th and 12th century.
Islamic Cairo
Islamic Cairo is a part of central Cairo noted for its historically important mosques and other Islamic monuments. It is overlooked by the Cairo Citadel. Islamic Cairo, also referred to as Medieval Cairo or Fatimid Cairo, was founded in 969 as the royal enclosure for the Fatimid caliphs, while the actual economic and administrative capital was in nearby Fustat.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
Al-Askar
Al-Askar al-‘Askar was the capital of Egypt from 750-868, when the Abbasid caliphate was in power in Egypt.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad is a Mosque in Cairo, Egypt next to Bab Zuwayla built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh from whom it takes its name. Construction began in 1415 and the mosque was completed in 1421. The complex included a Friday mosque and a madrasa for four madhhabs. It replaced a prison which originally stood next to Bab Zuwayla.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Al-Haud Al-Marsoud Hospital
Alhaud Almarsoud,Cairo Dermatology Hospital ... AlHaud AlMarsoud is a name given to a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The hospital provides services in Dermatology, Venereology, Sexual and Reproductive health.
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.
Egyptian National Military Museum
The Egyptian National Military Museum is the official museum of the Egyptian Army.