Haret El Roum

Haret El Roum is a neighborhood in , . Haret El Roum is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Al-Azhar Mosque.

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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.

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".

Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a on , adjacent to , in , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

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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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

Haret El Roum

Latitude
30.04293° or 30° 2′ 35″ north
Longitude
31.2598° or 31° 15′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G2H27V5+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 706603259
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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In Other Languages

“Haret El Roum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حاره الروم”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Qogmas Al-Ishaqi Mosue and Al-Fakahani Mosque.

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