Al-Azhar Park
Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Azhar Park” and “Hadiqat al Azhar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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".
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era. Bab al-Louq is situated 2½ km west of Al-Azhar Park.
Al-Azhar Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04012° or 30° 2′ 24″ northLongitude
31.26482° or 31° 15′ 53″ eastElevation
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
8G2H27R7+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 24745061OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Al-Azhar Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأزهر”
- Arabic: “حديقة الأزهر”
- Arabic: “حديقه الأزهر”
- Cebuano: “Ḩadīqat al Azhar (parke sa Ehipto)”
- Cebuano: “Ḩadīqat al Azhar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة الازهر”
- French: “parc Al-Azhar”
- French: “Parc Al-Azhar”
- German: “al-Azhar-Park”
- German: “Al-Azhar-Park”
- Indonesian: “Taman Al-Azhar”
- Italian: “parco di Al-Azhar”
- Italian: “Parco di Al-Azhar”
- Persian: “پارک الازهر”
- Polish: “Al-Azhar Park”
- Spanish: “Parque Al Azhar”
- Spanish: “Parque Al-Azhar”
- Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Al-Azhar”
- Swedish: “Ḩadīqat al Azhar (park i Egypten)”
- Swedish: “Ḩadīqat al Azhar”
- Ukrainian: “Парк аль-Азхар”
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