Bab Al-Mahrouq
Bab Al-Mahrouq is a city gate in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Bab Al-Mahrouq is situated nearby to Aslam Al-Selehdar Mosque, as well as near Al-Sayyeda Fatema Al-Nabaweya Mosque.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Park and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Al-Azhar Park
Park
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Al-Azhar Park is a public park in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.
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 630 metres north of Bab Al-Mahrouq.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 530 metres northwest of Bab Al-Mahrouq.
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.
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.
Bab Al-Mahrouq
- Type: City gate
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04006° or 30° 2′ 24″ northLongitude
31.26229° or 31° 15′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27R6+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 324257246OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
“Bab Al-Mahrouq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب المحروق”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aslam Al-Selehdar Mosque and Al-Sayyeda Fatema Al-Nabaweya Mosque.
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