Al Ghūrīyah

Al Ghūrīyah is a locality in , . Al Ghūrīyah is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh.

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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.

Mosque
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a on , adjacent to , in , Egypt. The complex was built between 1415 and 1421, under the rule of the Mamluk sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, from whom it takes its name.

Museum
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The is a museum in , . The museum has a 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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

Al Ghūrīyah

Latitude
30.04534° or 30° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.25661° or 31° 15′ 24″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27W4+4J
Geo­Names ID
7921948
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Al Ghūrīyah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغورية”

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