Sūq Bayn aş Şūrayn

Places of Interest Nearby

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". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1 km southeast of Sūq Bayn aş Şūrayn.

Museum of Islamic Art

Museum

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. It 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. Museum of Islamic Art is situated 1 km south of Sūq Bayn aş Şūrayn.

Places in the Area

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.

Abdin

Suburb

Photo: ThutmoseIII, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abdin is a suburb.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.

Sūq Bayn aş Şūrayn

Satellite Map

In Other Languages

Localities in the Area

Nearby Places

Curious Places to Discover

• Deutsch
• Español
• Français
• Português