Dar Al Salam
Dar Al Salam is a neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Dar Al Salam is situated nearby to the neighborhood Electricity Company Housing, as well as near Al Fostat Water Station Housing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fustat and National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
Fustat
Protected area
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Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 2½ km northwest of Dar Al Salam.
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Museum
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The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is a large museum located in Old Cairo, a district of Cairo, 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 Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 2½ km northwest of Dar Al Salam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’adi and Giza.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi a suburban district of Cairo, to the south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile, consists of two distinct areas, Old Ma'adi and New Ma'adi.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Dar Al Salam
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.98653° or 29° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
31.24742° or 31° 14′ 51″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6PW+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 708231172OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Dar Al Salam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دار السلام”
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