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Historic Cairo
| Site number: | 89 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 10th Century | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1979 | |
| Location: | Africa, Egypt, Governorate of al-Qahirah (Cairo) | |
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| Description: | One of the world's oldest Islamic cities survives Tucked away in the midst of the modern urban Cairo; the historic quarter holds famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. When it was founded in the 10th century it became the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its peak in the 14th century. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | |
| Islamic Cairo is a part of central Cairo often visited by tourists because of its high proportion of historically important mosques and other Islamic monuments. It is overlooked by the Cairo Citadel. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/89 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |