Bāb ash Sha‘rīyah
Bāb ash Sha‘rīyah is a locality in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bāb ash Sha‘rīyah is situated nearby to the locality Harat Baha al-Din, as well as near Az̧ Z̧āhir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Bab el Shaaria.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
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Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
Bab el Shaaria
Metro station
Bab El Shaariya is a station on Cairo Metro, part of Phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish street in Bab El Shaaria Square at the intersection of Port Said street with that street.
Ramses Railway Station
Railway station
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Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Bāb ash Sha‘rīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bab al-Shar‘iyah”, “Bāb ash Sha‘riyyah”, “Bab ash Sha`riyah”, and “Bāb el Sha‘riya”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05561° or 30° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
31.25478° or 31° 15′ 17″ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
8G2H3743+6WGeoNames ID
359449
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In Other Languages
“Bāb ash Sha‘rīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الشعرية”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harat Baha al-Din and Az̧ Z̧āhir.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mausoleum of Abd al-Latif al-Manawi and Mustashfá al Ḩurrīyah at Takhaşşuşī.
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