Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ
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- Type: Church
- Description: church in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “al-ʿAdhrāʾ al-Mughītha”, “Church of Saint Mary the Reliever”, “Church of the Virgin (harat al-Rum)”, “Church of the Virgin of Relief”, “Holy Virgin Church”, “Kanīsat as Sayyidah al ‘Adhrā’”, “Kanisat as Sayyidah al `Adhra‘”, and “Saint Mary Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Bāb Zuwaylah.
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". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 320 metres northeast of Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ.
Bāb Zuwaylah
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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. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 300 metres west of Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ.
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
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The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 260 metres north of Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ.
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.
Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Kanīsat al-ʻAdhrāʼ” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة السيدة العذراء حارة الروم”
- Arabic: “كنيسة السيدة العذراء”
- Arabic: “كنيسة العذراء المغيثة بحارة الروم”
- Arabic: “كنيسة العذراء المغيثة”
- Arabic: “كنيسة العذراء”
- Arabic: “كنيسه العذراء المغيثه بحاره الروم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة العذراء المغيثة بحارة الروم”
- French: “Église de la Vierge”
- French: “église Sainte-Marie”
- French: “Église Sainte-Marie”
- French: “Kanīsaẗ al-ʿAḏrāʾ”
- French: “Adra” (historical)
- French: “églises d’al-Azra et de Mâr Guirguis” (historical)
- German: “Kirche der hl. Jungfrau”
- German: “Kirche der Jungfrau des Beistandes”
- German: “Sankt-Marien-Kirche”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria”
- Macedonian: “Црква Света Марија”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María (Haret el-Rum)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María”
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