North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Al-Tahera Palace

Al-Tahera Palace is a castle in , . Al-Tahera Palace is situated nearby to , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qubba Palace and Heliopolis Palace.

Castle
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha. is situated 570 metres west of Al-Tahera Palace.

Castle
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The is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being , , and , for the executive office of the President of Egypt. is situated 1½ km southeast of Al-Tahera Palace.

Stadium
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The Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the in Berlin from 1934 to 1936. is situated 3½ km south of Al-Tahera Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zeitoun and East Cairo.

Suburb
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, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight districts that make up the Northern Area in , . It is known for its Marian apparitions at the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary of , reported in 1968–1971.

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The eastern districts of are a series of planned communities which have been built away from the congestion of historic Cairo. The most prominent communities are Heliopolis, Nasr City, and New Cairo.

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is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Al-Tahera Palace

Latitude
30.09822° or 30° 5′ 54″ north
Longitude
31.30849° or 31° 18′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G2H38X5+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28847265
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
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In Other Languages

“Al-Tahera Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الطاهرة”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include El Tahra Park and كنيسة القديس يوسف النجار.

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