Assumption
Assumption is a church in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Assumption is situated nearby to Judge Yehia Zein-Eddin El-zeiny Mosque, as well as near the mosque جامع البنات.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Museum of Islamic Art.
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 Assumption.
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 690 metres south of Assumption.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque or al-Husayn Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Imam al-Husayn and the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Husayn, is a mosque and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 1 km east of Assumption.
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.
Assumption
- Type: Church
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05042° or 30° 3′ 2″ northLongitude
31.25534° or 31° 15′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3724+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 330162899OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
“Assumption” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الصعود”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Judge Yehia Zein-Eddin El-zeiny Mosque and جامع البنات.
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