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Cairo Monuments & Museums
If you are very passionate of all monuments, museums and all the architecture of a town, you can find here all that you are looking for. Here you can find information about all the best monuments of Cairo. Information about Cairo monuments, landmarks, historic buildings and museums in Cairo.
"A selected list of Cairo highlights:
* Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. The only remaining monuments of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it is the country's most famous tourist attraction.
* Egyptian Museum, on Midan Tahrir. The world's premier collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
* Citadel, in Islamic Cairo. A grand castle built by Salah Al-Din. Also parts of the water pipes (Majra Al-Oyouon) are still there, these pipes used to carry the water from the Nile River to the citadel.
* Al-Azhar Mosque. One of the pillars of Islamic thought and home to the world's oldest university.
* Ibn Tulun, close to Sayida Zeinab. The oldest, and maybe most beautiful mosque in Cairo.
* The Coptic Museum, in Coptic Cairo.
* The "Hanging Church" (Church of the Virgin Mary), in Zabaleen Area (District of Manshiet Nasser) below Mokkatam Hills, not far away from the Citadel
* Cairo Tower (185 m./610 ft.) on Gezira Island offers a 360-view of Cairo, along with the Giza Pyramids off in the distance to the west.
* Al-Azhar Park. A recently opened landscaped gardens overlooking the Citadel edit
* Khan El Khalily. Cairo's souk area where visitors will find many merchants selling perfume, spices, Gold, Egyptian hand craft. edit
* Abdeen Palace. Located about one Kilometer away from the Midan El-Tahrir a five minutes walk, home of the last king of Egypt the exiled king Farouk. edit
* Pharaonic Village. It is about twenty minutes driving from Downtown. "
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