Al-Fakahani Mosque
Al-Fakahani Mosque is a mosque in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Al-Fakahani Mosque is situated nearby to the mosque jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh, as well as near Mausoleum-Sabil-Kuttab Al-Ghouri.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 210 metres southwest of Al-Fakahani 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 380 metres northeast of Al-Fakahani Mosque.
jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh
Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a mosque on al-Mu'izz Street, adjacent to Bab Zuwayla, in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The complex was built between 1415 and 1421, under the rule of the Mamluk sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, from whom it takes its name. jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh is situated 190 metres southwest of Al-Fakahani Mosque.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.
Al-Fakahani Mosque
- Type: Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04438° or 30° 2′ 40″ northLongitude
31.25902° or 31° 15′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8G2H27V5+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 34205430OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Al-Fakahani Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد الفاكهاني”
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