Cairo Opera House

Date: October 18, 2012 By admin Categories: Cairo Sightseeing Tags: Gezira Island in the Nile River, in the Zamalek district west of and near downtown Cairo, The Cairo Opera House is a part of Cairo's National Cultural Center, The funds for the complex were a gift from the nation of Japan to Egypt as a result of President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Japan in April 1983 No comments

The Cairo Opera House is a part of Cairo’s National Cultural Center, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to most of Egypt’s finest musical groups, it is located on the southern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River, in the Zamalek district west of and near downtown Cairo. The […]

Gezira Center for Modern Art

Date: October 18, 2012 By admin Categories: Cairo Sightseeing Tags: also known as the Egyptian Modern Art Museum, The Gezira Center for Modern Art, the National Cultural Centre with the Cairo Opera House No comments

The Gezira Center for Modern Art, also known as the Egyptian Modern Art Museum, is an art museum for modern and contemporary art, located in Cairo, Egypt. It is part of the National Cultural Center with the Cairo Opera House, on Gezira Island, just across the Nile on Qasr el-Nil Street west of downtown Cairo. […]

Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum

Date: October 18, 2012 By admin Categories: Cairo Sightseeing Tags: Egypt. It is located in a palace built in the early 20th century, in the Giza area, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum is a museum in Greater Cairo, President Anwar El-Sadat used it for executive offices No comments

The Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum is a museum in Greater Cairo, in the Giza area, Egypt. It is located in a palace built in the early 20th century. The museum was opened on 23 July 1962, and dedicated to the memory of Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Pasha and his wife Emiline Lock. In 1971 it was […]

The Roman Theater

Date: October 17, 2012 By admin Categories: Alexandria Sightseeing Tags: as well as other objects discovered nearer to the Theatre, including items found all over Alexandria, including the harbor just out from Fort Qaitbey, or the odeum as it is sometimes referred to., The Roman Theater is an open air museum No comments

Over 30 years of excavation have uncovered many Roman remains including this well-preserved theatre with galleries, sections of mosaic-flooring, and marble seats for up to 800 spectators. In Ptolemaic times, this area was the Park of Pan and a pleasure garden. The theater at one point may had been roofed over to serve as an […]

Fort of Qaitbay

Date: October 17, 2012 By admin Categories: Alexandria Sightseeing Tags: Egypt, The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, the Fort of Qaitbay is a 15th century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast No comments

The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay) is a 15th century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, built upon/from the ruins of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa’it Bay. The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of […]

Montaza Palace

Date: October 17, 2012 By admin Categories: Alexandria Sightseeing Tags: Alexandria, Egypt, Egypt. It was built on a low plateau east of central Alexandria overlooking a beach on the Mediterranean Sea, Montaza Palace is a palace and extensive gardens in the Montaza district of Alexandria No comments

Montaza Palace is a palace and extensive gardens in the Montaza district of Alexandria, Egypt. It was built on a low plateau east of central Alexandria overlooking a beach on the Mediterranean Sea The extensive Montaza Palace grounds first had the Salamlek Palace, built in 1892 by Khedive Abbas II, the last Muhammad Ali Dynasty […]

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Date: October 17, 2012 By admin Categories: Alexandria Sightseeing Tags: Egypt and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa s a historical archaeological site located in Alexandria, The necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs. No comments

The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (meaning “Mound of Shards”) is a historical archaeological site located in Alexandria, Egypt and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. The necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman […]

Library of Alexandria

Date: October 17, 2012 By admin Categories: Alexandria Sightseeing Tags: Egypt, he Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Alexandria, or Ancient Library of Alexandria, The Royal Library of Alexandria No comments

The Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt, was the largest and most significant library of the ancient world It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt […]

The Hanging Church

Date: October 16, 2012 By admin Categories: Cairo Sightseeing Tags: It is known as Al-Muallaka (the hanging), The Hanging Church is considered the oldest church in the area of Al-Fustat (Old Cairo), There are 110 icons here, This church has played an important role in the history of the Coptic Church No comments

The Hanging Church is considered the oldest church in the area of Al-Fustat (Old Cairo). It is known as Al-Muallaka (the hanging) because it was built on the ruins of two old towers that remained from an old fortress called the Fortress of Babylon. It was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and St. Dimiana. It […]

The Coptic Museum in Cairo

Date: October 16, 2012 By admin Categories: Cairo Sightseeing Tags: an area which is full of Coptic Churches and chapels like the famous hanging Church and the Church of St Barbra., The Coptic Museum in Cairo is located inside the ruins of the Roman Babylon Fort in Maser El Qadema in Coptic Cairo Center No comments

The Coptic Museum in Cairo is located inside the ruins of the Roman Babylon Fort in Maser El Qadema in Coptic Cairo Center, an area which is full of Coptic Churches and chapels like the famous hanging Church and the Church of St Barbra. Nobody would ever believe that the foundation of the Coptic Museum […]

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