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A view of Shubra in 1862 by Léon Belly.. Muhammad Ali chose the fields around the then village of Shobra El-Kheima for the location of a rural retreat where he built himself a palace in the area overlooking the Nile and extended Shubra Street in 1808 from Bab al-Hadid in Cairo, to there. [5]
Shubra El Kheima, (Arabic: شبرا الخيمة, lit. 'hamlet of the tent', IPA: [ˈʃobɾɑ lˈxeːmæ], from Coptic: ⲥⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϩⲃⲱ, lit. 'hamlet of tent' [2]) is the fourth-largest city in Egypt after Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate along the northern edge of the Cairo Governorate. [3]
El-Gesr Street in Shubra, Cairo.This street, like many others throughout Shubra's neighborhoods, is almost entirely covered with trees. Shubra (Arabic: شبرا, IPA:; Coptic: ϭⲱⲡⲣⲟ Šopro; also written Shoubra or Shobra) is a district of Cairo, Egypt and it is one of eight districts that make up the Northern Area. [1]
Shubra (or Shobra, Shoubra) is an administrative region and forms a relatively small area that represents about one quarter of the district with the same name in Cairo, Egypt. It neighbours the areas of Elsahel to the north, Sharabeya to the east, Road El Farag to the west, and Shobra tunnel and Cairo central railway station to the south, the ...
Shubra El Kheima hosts the Fountain Pavilion of Mohamed Ali Pasha, built in 1821 as part of a palace complex that no longer exists. [6] [7] He chose an isolated palace or an official residence away from the Citadel in the district called Shubra, the construction of the palace began in 1808 and it was completed in 1821. The Palace of Mohammad ...
19th century Mena House built by Khedive Ismail, at Giza near pyramids. 19th century Kasr al-Nozha, the Cattaui (Egyptian Jewish industrialist) palace in Shubra [40] 19th century Kasr al-Incha (now the ministry of defense). [41] 19th century Kasr Kamal al-Din (former residence of the ministry of foreign affairs) [41]
Historic photos of Esna depict this area as the city's main marketplace. Wekalet Al-Geddawy caravanserai, one of the city's main trading buildings, is on this square as well. To the north and south of the square, al-Qīsāriyya Street extended parallel to the Nile River for a distance of almost 1.5 km (0.93 mi).
St. Mary's is the oldest church in Shubra, and has held a prominent role in the area since its founding. [1] On 31 March 1922, a group of Christians formed an association to build the first church in Shubra. [2] After a lengthy search, a plot located in Massarra Street, owned by Saada Kanary pasha, was selected for construction. The purchase ...