Third
Third is a neighborhood in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Third is situated nearby to the neighborhood Second, as well as near Fourth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Coptic Museum and Hanging Church.
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.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Giza.
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.
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.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 3½ km northeast of Third.
Third
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.0078° or 30° 0′ 28″ northLongitude
31.21369° or 31° 12′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8G2H2657+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 725128044OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Third” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ثالثه”
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