El-Sawy Cultural Wheel
El Sawy Culture Wheel is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt and receives more than 20,000 visitors each month.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Arts center
- Description: building in Egypt
- Also known as: “El Sawy Culture Wheel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cairo Tower and Aquarium.
Cairo Tower
Photo: Mohamedusrii, CC BY 4.0.
The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. It was completed in 1961. At 187 m, it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing. Cairo Tower is situated 2 km southeast of El-Sawy Cultural Wheel.
Museum of Islamic Ceramics
Museum
The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center. Museum of Islamic Ceramics is situated 1 km southeast of El-Sawy Cultural Wheel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gezira and Cairo.
Gezira
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.
Cairo
Photo: Mario modesto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
Boulaq
Suburb
Photo: iyasser .com, CC BY 2.0.
Boulaq, is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
El-Sawy Cultural Wheel
- Categories: performing arts center, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06241° or 30° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
31.21633° or 31° 12′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3668+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 366461228OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=arts_centreWikidata ID
Q4165845
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“El-Sawy Cultural Wheel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساقية الصاوى”
- Arabic: “ساقية الصاوي”
- Arabic: “ساقية عبد المنعم الصاوي”
- Arabic: “ساقيه الصاوي”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساقية الصاوى”
- German: “El-Sawy Culture Wheel”
- Hebrew: “מרכז התרבות אל סאוי”
- Japanese: “エッ＝サーウィー文化会館”
- Japanese: “エル＝サーウィ文化会館”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Embassy of Finland and Embassy of Latvia.
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