Sidi Bishr
Sidi Bishr is a neighborhood in the Montaza District of Alexandria, Egypt. Established as a summering site by the Egyptian middle class before the Revolution of 1952, it has since become one of the largest neighborhoods of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Neighborhood in first Montaza district, Alexandria, Egypt
- Also known as: “Sidī Bishr” and “Sīdī Bishr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include sidi bishr mosque and Royal Jewellery Museum.
sidi bishr mosque
Mosque
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The Sidi Bishr Mosque is a mosque located in the Sidi Bishr neighborhood of Alexandria, on the north coast of Egypt. The mosque is named in honour of Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a sheikh from the late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH who lived in Alexandria after coming from the Maghreb.
Royal Jewellery Museum
Museum
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The Royal Jewelry Museum is an art and history museum in the Zizenia neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. It is located in the former palace of Princess Fatma Al-Zahra'. Royal Jewellery Museum is situated 3½ km southwest of Sidi Bishr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Mandara and San Stefano.
El Mandara
Village
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El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
San Stefano
Neighborhood
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San Stefano is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The area was known for a landmark hotel-casino that was demolished in the late 1990s. That hotel was replaced by the San Stefano Grand Plaza, a hotel-apartment-shopping mall complex that includes a Four Seasons luxury hotel, opened in 2007 and apartments, housed in the tallest building in Alexandria. San Stefano is situated 3 km southwest of Sidi Bishr.
Montaza
Locality
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Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt. The district includes the park, but the two are legally distinct. Montaza is situated 3½ km northeast of Sidi Bishr.
Sidi Bishr
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Sidi Bishr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيدى بشر”
- Arabic: “سيدي بشر”
- Dutch: “Sidi Bishr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيدى بشر”
- Persian: “سیدی بشر”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیدی بشر”
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