Mar Girgis Metro Station building

Mar Girgis Metro Station building is a railway station in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Mar Girgis Metro Station building is situated nearby to the ruins Roman Tower, as well as near Saint George’s Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coptic Museum and Saint George’s Church.

Coptic Museum

Museum

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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt, which contains the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities.

Saint George’s Church

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The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.

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 100 metres southeast of Mar Girgis Metro Station building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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

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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 2½ km northeast of Mar Girgis Metro Station building.

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.

Mar Girgis Metro Station building

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “مبنى محطة مترو مارجرجس”
Categories: building and transportation
Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.00607° or 30° 0′ 22″ north

Longitude

31.22963° or 31° 13′ 47″ east

Open location code

8G2H264H+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1560046003

OpenStreetMap feature

building=train_station

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