Al Ghūrīyah
Al Ghūrīyah is a locality in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Al Ghūrīyah is situated nearby to the locality Al Muski, as well as near Khān al Khalīlī.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Al-Azhar Mosque.
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.
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".
Museum of Islamic Art
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egypt is considered one of the greatest museums in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abdin and Islamic Cairo.
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.
Al Ghūrīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Ghuriyah” and “Al Ghūriyyah”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04534° or 30° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
31.25661° or 31° 15′ 24″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8G2H27W4+4JGeoNames ID
7921948
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In Other Languages
“Al Ghūrīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الغورية”
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