Al-Azhar University
Al-Azhar University is an university in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Al-Azhar University is situated nearby to the historic house House of Zaynab Khatun, as well as near the historic site Madrassat Al Aayni.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
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 220 metres west of Al-Azhar University.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 330 metres northwest of Al-Azhar University.
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 390 metres west of Al-Azhar University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
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.
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.
Al-Azhar University
- Type: University
- Category: education
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04519° or 30° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
31.26484° or 31° 15′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27W7+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 28831942OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Azhar University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة الأزهر الشريف”
- French: “Université al-Azhar”
- German: “al-Azhar-Universität”
- Italian: “Università Al-Azhar”
- Portuguese: “Universidade de al-Azhar”
- Spanish: “Universidad de al-Azhar”
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