El Kenisa
El Kenisa is a neighborhood in Giza Governorate, Egypt. El Kenisa is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Talbia, as well as near Al Kom Al Akhdar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Sphinx of Giza and Sphinx Stele.
Great Sphinx of Giza
Work of art
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. The monument was sculpted from the limestone bedrock of the Eocene-aged Mokattam Formation and faces east on the Giza Plateau, on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. Great Sphinx of Giza is situated 4 km west of El Kenisa.
Sphinx Stele
Photo: Chanel Wheeler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dream Stele, also called the Sphinx Stele, is an epigraphic stele erected between the front paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose IV in the first year of the king's reign, 1401 BC, during the 18th Dynasty. Sphinx Stele is situated 4 km west of El Kenisa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Giza.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Neighborhood
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km west of El Kenisa.
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.
El Kenisa
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.97941° or 29° 58′ 46″ northLongitude
31.17775° or 31° 10′ 40″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX5HH+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 721534701OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“El Kenisa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكنيسه”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Talbia and Al Kom Al Akhdar.
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