Al Roda and Al Mekyas

Al Roda and Al Mekyas is a neighborhood in , . Al Roda and Al Mekyas is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the suburb .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ and Fustat.

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The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a , located in the neighbourhood of , . Named in honour of the Arab Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As, the mosque was built in c. 642 CE as the centre of the newly founded capital of Egypt, .

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, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first built in Egypt.

Museum
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The is a in , with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Al Roda and Al Mekyas

Latitude
30.0114° or 30° 0′ 41″ north
Longitude
31.22498° or 31° 13′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G2H266F+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 701261157
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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In Other Languages

“Al Roda and Al Mekyas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الروضه والمقياس”

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