Façades
Façades is a house in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Façades is situated nearby to the mosque Zawiya-Sabil Faraj Ibn Barquq, as well as near Bāb Zuwaylah.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh.
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.
jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh
Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a mosque on al-Mu'izz Street, adjacent to Bab Zuwayla, in Islamic Cairo, 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. jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh is situated 100 metres north of Façades.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abdin and Islamic Cairo.
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.
Façades
- Type: House
- Also known as: “Facades”
- Categories: residential building and building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04243° or 30° 2′ 33″ northLongitude
31.25759° or 31° 15′ 27″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8G2H27R5+X2GeoNames ID
8643522
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In Other Languages
“Façades” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واجهات”
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