El-Darb El-Ahmar
El-Darb El-Ahmar is a suburb in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. El-Darb El-Ahmar is situated nearby to the neighborhood El Batneyya, as well as near Haret El Roum.Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Bāb Zuwaylah.
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".
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.
Al-Azhar Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
El-Darb El-Ahmar
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04217° or 30° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
31.26205° or 31° 15′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27R6+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 394488468OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“El-Darb El-Ahmar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الحلمية القديمة”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aslam Al-Selehdar Mosque and Bab Al-Mahrouq.
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