burj al-Ẓafar
burj al-Ẓafar is a tower in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. burj al-Ẓafar is situated nearby to Al-Azhar Park, as well as near Al-Azhar Mosque.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Al-Azhar Park.
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 420 metres north of burj al-Ẓafar.
Al-Azhar Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Al-Azhar Park is a public park in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.
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. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 600 metres west of burj al-Ẓafar.
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.
burj al-Ẓafar
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Ayyubid walls”, “Burj al-Zafar”, and “Tower al-Zafar”
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04209° or 30° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
31.26398° or 31° 15′ 50″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8G2H27R7+RHGeoNames ID
8630258
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“burj al-Ẓafar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج الظفر”
- Arabic: “سور صلاح الدين”
- French: “burǧ al-Ẓafar”
- French: “Burg aẓ-Ẓafar”
- French: “Bourg az-Zafar” (historical)
- French: “Bourg el-Zafar” (historical)
- French: “Bourg el-Zafr” (historical)
- French: “el-Bourg el-Zefer” (historical)
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