Bab el Shaaria
Bab El Shaariya is a station on Cairo Metro, part of Phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish street in Bab El Shaaria Square at the intersection of Port Said street with that street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Bab El Shaaria” and “Bab El Shaariya station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Bab Al-Nasr.
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 1¼ km southeast of Bab el Shaaria.
Bab Al-Nasr
City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 720 metres east of Bab el Shaaria.
Aqmar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Aqmar Mosque or al-Aqmar Mosque, is a mosque located in Cairo, Egypt. Built as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125, the mosque is situated on what was once the main avenue and ceremonial heart of Cairo, known today as al-Mu'izz Street, in the immediate neighborhood of the former Fatimid caliphal palaces. Aqmar Mosque is situated 580 metres southeast of Bab el Shaaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.
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.
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 el Shaaria
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.05513° or 30° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
31.25761° or 31° 15′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G2H3745+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 5194348146OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q20311888
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Bab el Shaaria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الشعرية”
- Dutch: “Bab El Sharia”
- French: “Bab El Chaaria”
- French: “Bab el Shaaria”
- French: “باب الشعرية”
- German: “Bab el Shaaria”
- German: “Bab El Shaaria”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include مسجد القاضي عبد الباسط and Al-Dashtouty.
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