Al-Rahman Mosque
Al-Rahman Mosque is a mosque in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Al-Rahman Mosque is situated nearby to the bus station موقف المنيب الصعيد, as well as near موقف لنتجمع.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fustat and Hanging Church.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 3 km northeast of Al-Rahman Mosque.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Hanging Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Al-Rahman Mosque.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Al-Rahman Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Old Cairo.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of Cairo, south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.
Al-Rahman Mosque
- Type: Mosque
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.98776° or 29° 59′ 16″ northLongitude
31.21422° or 31° 12′ 51″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6Q7+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1954835300OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
“Al-Rahman Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد الرحمن”
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