Sakakini Palace

Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace is a palace in the al-Zahir district of Cairo, Egypt. Built for the contractor Gabriel Habib Sakakini and completed in 1897, it stands on the site of a former lake at the meeting point of eight roads.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: palace of Cairo, in Egypt
Address: ميدان السكاكيني

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque and El Geish.

Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque

Mosque

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The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. Completed in 1268 CE, during by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari through his vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i. Sultan Alzahir Bebars Mosque is situated 470 metres southwest of Sakakini Palace.

El Geish

Metro station

El Geish is a station on Cairo Metro, part of phase 1 of Line 3. it is located under El-Geish Street in El-Geish Square. El Geish is situated 430 metres southeast of Sakakini Palace.

Bab Al-Nasr

City gate

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Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. Bab Al-Nasr is situated 1¼ km south of Sakakini Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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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.

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.