Fostat

Fostat is a suburb in , . Fostat is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Fustat.

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.

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.

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The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a , located in the neighbourhood of , . Named in honour of the Arab Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As, the mosque was built in c. 642 CE as the centre of the newly founded capital of Egypt, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . 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. is situated 3 km north of Fostat.

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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.

Fostat

Latitude
30.00319° or 30° 0′ 12″ north
Longitude
31.24922° or 31° 14′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G2H263X+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 990530550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
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In Other Languages

“Fostat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفسطاط”

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