El-Gaish
El-Gaish is a street in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. El-Gaish is situated nearby to Museum of Islamic Art, as well as near the suburb Abdin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Egyptian Museum and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Egyptian Museum is situated 2 km west of El-Gaish.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, 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 1 km southeast of El-Gaish.
Museum of Islamic Art
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egypt is considered one of the greatest museums in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world. Museum of Islamic Art is situated 780 metres south of El-Gaish.
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.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
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.
El-Gaish
- Type: Street
- Category: transportation
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05162° or 30° 3′ 6″ northLongitude
31.25338° or 31° 15′ 12″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8G2H3723+J9GeoNames ID
11978912
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“El-Gaish” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجيش”
- Arabic: “شارع الامير فاروق” (historical)
- French: “rue Amir Farouk” (historical)
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