Dar Al Salam

Dar Al Salam is a neighborhood in , . Dar Al Salam is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fustat and National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

Protected area
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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt. is situated 2½ km northwest of Dar Al Salam.

Museum
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The is a large museum located in , a district of , Egypt. Partially opened in 2017, the museum was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade.

Museum
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The is a in , Egypt, which contains the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. is situated 2½ km northwest of Dar Al Salam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’adi and Giza.

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Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of , south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.

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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.

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

Dar Al Salam

Latitude
29.98653° or 29° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
31.24742° or 31° 14′ 51″ east
Open location code
7GXHX6PW+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 708231172
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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In Other Languages

“Dar Al Salam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دار السلام”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include موقف الجيزة و الملك الصالح بدار السلام and Dar El-Salam Metro Station building.

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