Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo is a library in , which is located on ميدان الحلبي. Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo is situated nearby to , as well as near the sports venue .
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  • Type: Library
  • Also known as: “إيديو”
  • Address: 1 ميدان الحلبي, العباسية القاهرة, 11381

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab Al-Nasr and Al-Azhar Mosque.

City gate
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of , the capital of . The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. is situated 720 metres southwest of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.

Mosque
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, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 1½ km southwest of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.

Synagogue
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The Moussa Dar'i Synagogue is a former Karaite Jewish synagogue or kenesa, located at 25 Sebyl El Khazindar Street, Midan el Gueish, in the area of the district in western , . The synagogue was completed in 1931. is situated 610 metres northeast of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Al Daher.

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.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo

Latitude
30.05699° or 30° 3′ 25″ north
Longitude
31.27177° or 31° 16′ 18″ east
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
Private
Open location code
8G2H374C+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29978011
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
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