El Khoronfosh

El Khoronfosh is a neighborhood in , . El Khoronfosh is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha.

Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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".

Heritage site
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
is a heritage site.

Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a and mausoleum, located near the bazaar in , . Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

El Khoronfosh

Latitude
30.04937° or 30° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
31.25981° or 31° 15′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G2H27X5+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 709569050
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“El Khoronfosh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الخرنفش”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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