Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima or just Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Cairo is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of , the capital of the African country of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: cathedral in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima” and “Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Cairo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Almaza AFB Airport and Lycée Al-Horreya.

Aerodrome
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Almaza Air Base is a Air base of the Egyptian Air Force located in , , . It was established as a civilian aerodrome, but was partly taken over by the British military, designated RAF Almaza.

School
Héliopolis, also known as Lycée la Liberté d'Héliopolis is a French-language school in Heliopolis, , . is situated 1 km south of Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima.

School
The Collège de la Sainte Famille, often abbreviated as CSF and referred to as Jésuites, is a private Catholic international school for boys run by the Near East province of the Society of Jesus in , . is situated 2 km southwest of Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Cairo and Zeitoun.

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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.

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. is situated 3½ km west of Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima.

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The northern districts of Greater form a vast and highly populated region, but which is generally of little interest to the tourist. The ancient city of Heliopolis was here, but it's mostly covered over by urban sprawl of the Matariya neighborhood.

Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima

Latitude
30.10587° or 30° 6′ 21″ north
Longitude
31.3445° or 31° 20′ 40″ east
Open location code
8G2H484V+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 322841930
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q5052324
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت فاطيما ، القاهرة”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت فاطيما”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سانت فاتيما”
  • Chinese: “花地瑪聖母主教座堂”
  • Dutch: “kathedrale Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Fatima”
  • Dutch: “Kathedrale Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Fatima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سيدة فاطيما ، القاهرة”
  • French: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Fatima”
  • French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Fatima du Caire”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Katolik Kaldea Kairo”
  • Polish: “Katedra Matki Bożej Fatimskiej w Kairze”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Fátima”
  • Urdu: “سیدہ فاطمہ کیتھیڈرل، قاہرہ”

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