Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr

Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr is a street in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Daher, as well as near Coptic Hospital.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ramses Railway Station and Coptic Hospital.

Ramses Railway Station

Railway station

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Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955. Ramses Railway Station is situated 720 metres northwest of Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr.

Coptic Hospital

Hospital

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The Coptic Hospital is a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Coptic Hospital is situated 610 metres north of Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr.

Al-Azhar Mosque

Mosque

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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 2 km southeast of Shāri ʻ Bāb al-baḥr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Abdin.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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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.