Old Cairo Opera House
The Egyptian Royal Opera House or Khedivial Opera House was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa and the Middle East.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: former opera house in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Egyptian Royal Opera House”, “Khedival Opera House”, “Khedivial Opera House”, “Opera”, “Opera house”, “Opera Khedivial du Caire”, and “Opéra Khédivial du Caire”
- Historically known as: “Royal Cairo Opera House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum.
Tahrir Square
Square
Photo: Waelmansoory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tahrir Square, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations. Tahrir Square is situated 1½ km southwest of Old Cairo Opera House.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is the Egyptological museum which houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, including over 170,000 items. Egyptian Museum is situated 1½ km west of Old Cairo Opera House.
Abdin Palace
Photo: Néfermaât, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the 1952 Egyptian revolution. Abdin Palace is situated 1 km south of Old Cairo Opera House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abdin and Bab al-Louq.
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.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo. In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.
Old Cairo Opera House
- Categories: opera house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Old Cairo Opera House” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوبرا”
- Arabic: “دار الأوبرا الخديوية”
- Arabic: “دار الأوبرا الخديويه”
- Arabic: “مبنى الأوبرا”
- Chinese: “總督歌劇院”
- Dutch: “Khedivial Opera House”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دار الاوبرا الخديويه”
- Finnish: “Kairon kuninkaallinen ooppera”
- Finnish: “Khedivial-oopperatalo”
- Finnish: “Khedivial”
- French: “Opéra du Caire”
- French: “opéra Khédival du Caire”
- French: “Opéra khédival du Caire”
- French: “Opéra khédivial du Caire”
- French: “Opéra”
- French: “Théâtre Khédivial”
- French: “Théâtre royal de l’opéra” (historical)
- German: “Khedivial-Opernhaus”
- Hebrew: “בית האופרה הח’דיוי”
- Italian: “Khedivial Opera House”
- Italian: “Teatro chediviale dell’Opera”
- Italian: “Teatro khediviale dell’Opera”
- Italian: “Teatro lirico Khedivial”
- Japanese: “ケディヴィアル・オペラ・ハウス”
- Kurdish: “Avahiya Operayê ya Xedîvî”
- Kurdish: “Operaya Xedîvî”
- Persian: “خانه اپرای خدیوی”
- Portuguese: “Ópera Khedivial”
- Russian: “Хедивская опера”
- Spanish: “ópera Khedivial”
- Spanish: “Teatro de Ópera del Jedive”
- Swedish: “Khedivska Operan”
- Ukrainian: “Хедивова опера”
- Urdu: “خدیویہ اوپیرا ہاؤس”
- Welsh: “Tŷ Opera Rhaglaw Cairo”
- “Egyptian Royal Opera House”
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