Downtown Cairo
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Downtown Cairo is the colloquial name given to the 19th-century western expansion of Egypt's capital Cairo, between the historic medieval Cairo and the Nile, which became the commercial center of the
Mustafa Kamel Square in Downtown Cairo
The Mogamma building in Tahrir Square, seen in 2020
Tahrir Square circle, seen in 2020
Tahrir Square in 1941
Islamic Cairo
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Islamic Cairo, or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo, refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19t
Downtown Cairo
…وسط البلد Wust al-Balad, 'middle of town') is the colloquial name given to the 19th-century western expansion of Egypt's capital Cairo, between the historic medieval Cairo and the Nile, which became the commercial center of the city during the 20th century. Given its rich architectural heritage from the era of Khedive…
Historic buildings around Salah al-Din Square, near the Cairo Citadel
The excavated remains of Fustat in 2009
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun, built in the 9th century. It is a rare and outstanding example of preserved Abbasid architecture outside Iraq.
Bab al-Futuh, one of the northern gates of Cairo built by the Fatimid vizier Badr al-Jamali in the late 11th century