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Heliopolis gained a special political and military importance in Egypt and the Middle East in recent decades. The Egyptian Military headquarters and the Egyptian Air Force headquarters are there. The Almaza Military Airbase is very close to Heliopolis. Heliopolis was the residence of the Egyptian ex-president Mohamed Hosni Mubarak.
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Heliopolis map published in 1809, in the Description de l'Égypte. The ancient city is currently located about 15–20 meters (49–66 ft) below the streets of the middle- and lower-class suburbs of Al-Matariyyah, [1] Ain Shams, and Tel Al-Hisn [24] in northern Cairo.
By 1906, the Baron hired the architect Ernest Jaspar to help create a unique aesthetic in the suburbs of Heliopolis dubbed the "Heliopolis style." [6] Including aspects of Persian elements to neoclassical European aspects, the newly established city of Heliopolis would become a cultural center of Egypt attracting people from all over the world ...
Cairo (/ ˈ k aɪ r oʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic: [el.qɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. [5] It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East.
Ain Shams (also spelled Ayn or Ein - Arabic: عين شمس, [ʕeːn ʃæms], Coptic: ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ [1]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. [2] The name means "Eye of the Sun" in Arabic, referring to the fact that the district contained the ruins of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship, and settled since 3100 BCE ...
Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral, [1] also known as the Latin Cathedral of Our Lady of Heliopolis, or the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, [2] is a Roman Catholic church building, located on Al-Ahram Square in the Heliopolis neighbourhood of Cairo, Egypt. [3] Alexandre Marcel designed the cathedral in a Byzantine Revival style, based on the ...
Heliopolis station (Arabic: محطة هليوبوليس) is a station of the Line 3 of the Cairo Metro located under Heliopolis Square in Heliopolis, Cairo.Inaugurated on 20 October 2019 by the National Authority of Tunnels, Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir dubbed the station as the largest underground station in the Middle East.