Maydān al Maţarīyah
Maydān al Maţarīyah is a square in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Maydān al Maţarīyah is situated nearby to the suburb Zeitoun.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heliopolis and Qubba Palace.
Heliopolis
Archaeological site
Photo: Didia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heliopolis was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the Heliopolite or 13th Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre. Its site is within the boundaries of Ain Shams and El Matareya, districts in northeastern Cairo. Heliopolis is situated 1½ km north of Maydān al Maţarīyah.
Qubba Palace
Castle
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha. Qubba Palace is situated 2 km south of Maydān al Maţarīyah.
Baron Empain Palace
Photo: Bishoy Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Baron Empain Palace, also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt. Baron Empain Palace is situated 4 km southeast of Maydān al Maţarīyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zeitoun and East Cairo.
Zeitoun
Suburb
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Zeitoun, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in Cairo, Egypt. It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of Zeitoun, reported in 1968–1971.
East Cairo
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The eastern districts of Cairo are a series of planned communities which have been built away from the congestion of historic Cairo. The most prominent communities are Heliopolis, Nasr City, and New Cairo.
Garden City
Garden City is a well-planned and leafy district of central Cairo, immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.
Maydān al Maţarīyah
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Al Maţarīyah Square”, “Al Maţariyyah Square”, and “Maydan al Matariyah”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.11542° or 30° 6′ 56″ northLongitude
31.30626° or 31° 18′ 23″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8G2H4884+5GGeoNames ID
7911812
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In Other Languages
“Maydān al Maţarīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميدان المطرية”
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