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El-Gesr Street in Shubra, Cairo.This street, like many others throughout Shubra's neighborhoods, is almost entirely covered with trees. Shobra (Egyptian 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 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]
St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (El Khamrawia, Shubra) St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Khumarawayh, Shubra) St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (El Hafezeia, Shubra) St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (El Sahel, Shubra) Abu Sefein & St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church (El Teraa El Bolakya, Shubra) St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church (El Teraa El ...
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]
Another aspect of this conservation effort was the opening of the Coptic Museum in 1910 in order to house and protect historic works of Coptic art, relevant artefacts from archeological excavations, and decorative architectural elements drawn from churches and houses around the country. It now houses the world's most important collection of ...
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 ...
Temple-building in Egypt continued despite the nation's decline and ultimate loss of independence to the Roman Empire in 30 BC. With the coming of Christianity, traditional Egyptian religion faced increasing persecution, and temple cults died out during the fourth through sixth centuries AD. The buildings suffered centuries of destruction and ...
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 ...