Gayer-Anderson Museum

The Gayer-Anderson Museum is an art museum located in Cairo, Egypt. It is situated adjacent to the in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: art museum in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Bayt al-Kritliya”, “House al-Kiridliyya”, “بيت الجريدلية”, “بيت الكرتلية”, “بيت الكريتلية”, “بيت الكريدلية”, “سبيل ومنزل الحاج سالم الجزار”, “سبيل ومنزل محمد بن الحاج سالم الجزار”, and “開羅蓋爾安德森博物館”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Mosque
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The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental and madrasa located in in the of , . It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. is situated 670 metres northeast of Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din al-Ayubi in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 1 km east of Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Gayer-Anderson Museum

Latitude
30.02853° or 30° 1′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.25082° or 31° 15′ 3″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27H2+C8
Geo­Names ID
8630310
Wiki­data ID
Q2190649
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Gayer-Anderson Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت وسبيل الكريدلية”
  • Arabic: “متحف جاير أندرسون”
  • Armenian: “Գայեր-Անդերսոնի թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu Gayer-Anderson”
  • Chinese: “蓋爾安德森博物館”
  • Dutch: “Gayer-Anderson Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف جاير اندرسون”
  • French: “musée Gayer-Anderson”
  • French: “Musée Gayer-Anderson”
  • German: “Gayer-Anderson-Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей Гайер-Андерсона”
  • Spanish: “Museo Gayer-Anderson”
  • Turkish: “Gayer Anderson Müzesi”

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