al-Ṣalībah

Saliba Street, is one of the old main streets in , Egypt. It runs from the in the north to the in the south.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Street
  • Description: street in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “al-Saliba”, “el-Saliba”, and “Saliba Street”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and Gayer-Anderson Museum.

Mosque
Photo: Batoul Khalifa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 460 metres northeast of al-Ṣalībah.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in Cairo, Egypt. It is situated adjacent to the in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. is situated 270 metres southwest of al-Ṣalībah.

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 in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 1 km east of al-Ṣalībah.

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.

al-Ṣalībah

Latitude
30.0306° or 30° 1′ 50″ north
Longitude
31.25193° or 31° 15′ 7″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27J2+6Q
Geo­Names ID
9179545
Wiki­data ID
Q7404443
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Satellite Map

Discover al-Ṣalībah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“al-Ṣalībah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الصليبة”
  • Arabic: “شارع الصليبة”
  • Dutch: “Saliba Street”
  • French: “al-Ṣalībaẗ”
  • Italian: “Via Al-Saliba”
  • Russian: “Салиба (улица)”
  • Russian: “Салиба”
  • Uzbek: “Saliba ko‘chasi”

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