Peasant’s House
Peasant’s House is a building in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Peasant’s House is situated nearby to the islet Qursaya, as well as near Cleopatra’s Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coptic Museum and Hanging Church.
Coptic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 1½ km northeast of Peasant’s House.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Hanging Church is situated 1½ km northeast of Peasant’s House.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 2 km northeast of Peasant’s House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Old Cairo.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. 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. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 4 km northeast of Peasant’s House.
Peasant’s House
- Type: Building
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.99758° or 29° 59′ 51″ northLongitude
31.21831° or 31° 13′ 6″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6X9+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 1466152495OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
“Peasant’s House” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منزل الفلاح”
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Highlights include Qursaya and Tutankhamun’s Tomb.
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