The Carriage Museum

The Royal Carriages Museum is located at the in Cairo, Egypt, in front of Suleiman Pasha Mosque. The museum was inaugurated in 1983, then it was re-inaugurated after its renovation in 2013.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Carriage Museum” and “Royal Carriages Museum”
  • Address: القاهرة

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saladin Citadel of Cairo and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 140 metres west of The Carriage Museum.

Mosque
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The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental and madrasa located in in the of , . It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. is situated 760 metres northwest of The Carriage Museum.

Mosque
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The Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a located in , adjacent to the , in , . Its name is derived from the Ali Abu Shubbak who is buried in the mosque. is situated 730 metres northwest of The Carriage Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

The Carriage Museum

Latitude
30.02942° or 30° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.26352° or 31° 15′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G2H27H7+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1230328824
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5046116
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“The Carriage Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الركايب الملكية”
  • Arabic: “متحف الركايب الملكيه”
  • Arabic: “متحف الركايب”
  • Arabic: “متحف المركبات الملكية بالقلعة”
  • Arabic: “متحف المركبات الملكية”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف المركبات الملكيه”
  • French: “Musée des Attelages”
  • German: “Königliches Kutschenmuseum”
  • German: “Kutschenmuseum”
  • Persian: “موزه کالسکه (مصر)”
  • Persian: “موزه کالسکه”
  • Turkish: “Kraliyet Arabaları Müzesi”

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Highlights include National Military museum and Suleyman Pasha Mosque.

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