City Of The Dead Cairo Egypt is a street art installation in Garden City in Cairo. This place has 64 reviews and an average rating of 4.1 of 5. This is a good rating.
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Nice place, relaxing.
After the Islamic conquest of Egypt (640 - 642 AD), Caliph Omar bin al-Khattab, Amr ibn al-Aas ordered the construction of the area between Jabal al-Muqattam and al-Fustat as tombs for Muslims, and buried a number of Muslims in it. According to al-Maqrizi, this name was named after the Yemeni tribe of the ex-ruler named Banu graveyard.
He was the first person to have a grave of a Qarafi man named Omar, who followed the burial of their dead, next to Omar. So, a few years ago, Qaramat Omar lived and the name Qarafah became known in the burial places in Egypt.
There are five ancient tombs in present-day Cairo, most of which are still used as burial sites, including the topic of the Mamluk Desert today.
The Mamluks chose this area to be a track for horse racing and polo (ball over the horse), known as Al-Qabqq Square and Eid Square, and they built several architectural groups that included schools, vaults, gorges and mosques.
We start our visit from the Abu al-Makarim al-Zaghal mosque below the Firdous Bridge. When we gave our back to the mosque, we saw a burial dome belonging to Princess Nazli Halim, the daughter of Muhammad Halim bin Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Kabir, who died and was buried under this dome in 1946. The dazzling is not in the dome but in that it is Her sister, Ruqaya Halim, who died in the 1950s and who is also buried in the Mamluk Grove, is two direct granddaughters of Muhammad Ali Pasha Al-Kabeer.
We entered the street next to the dome of Princess Nazli Halim, and we saw an ancient mausoleum dome that mediates a square overlooking four streets. This dome belongs to a Mamluk Sultan of the Mamluk era of the Giraxian Sultan Sultan Qansuh Abu Saeed (in the period between Sultan Qaytbay and Sultan Qinsuh al-Ghuri, the rule of four weak sultans who are Muhammad bin Qaytbay Snipers of Abu Saeed, Jan Blat, and Al-Adil Tuman Bay). The dome of Qinsuh Abu Saeed was established in 1499 AD and he has two mausoleums, one in the Mamluk desert and the other in the Al-Hataba area. Mamluks.
On one side of the dome of Qansuh Abu Saeed, we saw his written blazon and its text: "Glory be to Mawlana Sultan, the apparent king, Qansuh Abu Saeed, Glory to His victory."
After passing through the dome of Sultan Qansuh Abu Sa`id, we enter a nearby street on the right, and we find four mausoleum domes
This is a sad place. People live in the cemetery.
Imteresting site with old building and some nice colors. But yes mostly dead!
This is the saddest thing in Cairo. Old cemetery where people actualy live. So sad, so sad.
Address: 7 Branshed from Al Soultan Ahmed, El-Darb El-Ahmar, Monsha'et Nasser, Cairo Governorate Opening Hours: Monday: Open 24 hoursTuesday: Open 24 hoursWednesday: Open 24 hoursThursday: Open 24 hoursFriday: Open 24 hoursSaturday: Open 24 hoursSunday: Open 24 hours Visit the website
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