House of Sitt Wasila
House of Sitt Wasila is a historic house in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. House of Sitt Wasila is situated nearby to El-Hawari House, as well as near the historic site Madrassat Al Aayni.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
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 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 150 metres north of House of Sitt Wasila.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 380 metres north of House of Sitt Wasila.
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 260 metres northwest of House of Sitt Wasila.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
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.
House of Sitt Wasila
- Type: Historic house
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04446° or 30° 2′ 40″ northLongitude
31.26318° or 31° 15′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27V7+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1241056170OpenStreetMap feature
historic=house
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In Other Languages
“House of Sitt Wasila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منزل الست وسيلة”
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Notable Places Nearby
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