mosque of Sidi Madyan
mosque of Sidi Madyan is a mosque in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. mosque of Sidi Madyan is situated nearby to the metro station Bab el Shaaria, as well as near the neighborhood Al Daher.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Bab el Shaaria.
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 1¼ km southeast of mosque of Sidi Madyan.
Bab el Shaaria
Metro station
Bab El Shaariya is a station on Cairo Metro, part of Phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish street in Bab El Shaaria Square at the intersection of Port Said street with that street. Bab el Shaaria is situated 290 metres south of mosque of Sidi Madyan.
Bab Al-Nasr
City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 1 km east of mosque of Sidi Madyan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
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.
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.
mosque of Sidi Madyan
- Type: Mosque
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05633° or 30° 3′ 23″ northLongitude
31.25564° or 31° 15′ 20″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8G2H3744+G7GeoNames ID
8617687
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In Other Languages
“mosque of Sidi Madyan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد سيدي مدين”
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