San Stefano

San Stefano is a neighborhood in , . The area was known for a landmark hotel-casino that was demolished in the late 1990s. That hotel was replaced by the San Stefano Grand Plaza, a hotel-apartment-shopping mall complex that includes a luxury hotel, opened in 2007 and apartments, housed in the tallest building in Alexandria.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: place in Alexandria, Egypt
  • Also known as: San Istifanu”, “Sān Istifānū”, “San Stifano”, and “Sān Stīfānū

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Jewellery Museum and sidi bishr mosque.

Museum
The Royal Jewelry Museum is an art and history museum in the neighborhood of , . It is located in the former palace of Princess Fatma Al-Zahra'.

Mosque
The is a located in the neighborhood of , on the north coast of . The mosque is named in honour of Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a sheikh from the late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH who lived in Alexandria after coming from the . is situated 2½ km northeast of San Stefano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bakos and Fleming.

Neighborhood
, also known as Bacus, is a neighborhood in , . The former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in 1918 in .

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , .

Neighborhood
Photo: Wing045, Public domain.
Kafr Abdu is an affluent neighborhood in , . The neighborhood mainly houses wealthy Egyptians, as well as foreigners living in Alexandria. is situated 2½ km southwest of San Stefano.

San Stefano

Latitude
31.24497° or 31° 14′ 42″ north
Longitude
29.9674° or 29° 58′ 3″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8G3F6XV8+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 740758063
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
9087219
Wiki­data ID
Q2943543
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“San Stefano” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: حي سان ستيفانو
  • Arabic: سان استفانو
  • Arabic: سان ستيفانو
  • Arabic: منطقة سان ستيفانو
  • Dutch: San Stefano
  • Egyptian Arabic: حى سان ستيفانو
  • Egyptian Arabic: سان ستيفانو
  • Greek: Σαν Στέφανο
  • Persian: سان ستیفانو
  • South Azerbaijani: سان ستیفانو (ایسکندریه)
  • South Azerbaijani: سان ستیفانو

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Stefano”. Photo: TheEgyptian, CC BY-SA 3.0.