Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building is a mixed-use building in Downtown Cairo, Egypt, built in 1937. Located on No. 34 on Talaat Harb Street, Cairo, the Art Deco style edifice was named after its Lebanese-Armenian owner and businessman Hagop Yacoubian.Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Cairo, Egypt
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Egyptian Museum and Tahrir Square.
Egyptian Museum
Museum
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian Museum is situated 750 metres southwest of Yacoubian Building.
Tahrir Square
Square
Photo: Waelmansoory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tahrir Square, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. It was first established in 1867. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations. Tahrir Square is situated 1 km southwest of Yacoubian Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Cairo and Bab al-Louq.
Downtown Cairo
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Cairo is the commercial heart of the modern city of Cairo. In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.
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.
Arab League
Locality
The Arab League, officially the League of Arab States, is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen.
Yacoubian Building
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.05105° or 30° 3′ 4″ northLongitude
31.24047° or 31° 14′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8G2H362R+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 107511575OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q1756487
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Yacoubian Building” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عمارة يعقوبيان”
- Arabic: “عماره يعقوبيان”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عمارة يعقوبيان”
- Igbo: “Yacoubian Building”
- Persian: “ساختمان یعقوبیان”
- Western Armenian: “Եագուպեան Շէնք (Քահիրէ)”
- Western Armenian: “Եագուպեան Շէնք”
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