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The Ets Hayim Synagogue (in Hebrew: בית הכנסת עץ חיים; in Arabic: معبد حنان) is a synagogue located in the capital of Egypt, Cairo. The temple was built in 1900. The synagogue is located in Daher district. The marble floor of the temple was damaged during the earthquake of October 12, 1992. The synagogue is protected by ...
1899. The Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue (בית כנסת שער השמים, lit. Gate of Heaven) is located in Cairo, Egypt. The synagogue was also known as Temple Ismailia and the Adly Street Synagogue . Its long-time leader was Chief Rabbi Chaim Nahum. In 2008, the synagogue marked its 100th anniversary. [2]
Remarks. Mosque of Ibn Tulun. 884. Sayeda Zainab. 30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E / 30.02889°N 31.24944°E / 30.02889; 31.24944. The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.
List of mosques in Egypt. There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments. [1] This list includes notable mosques within Egypt. Oldest mosque in North Africa. Located next to a hospital. Entombs the remains of Sidi Demerdash, a Mamluk-era Sufi mystic.
The Philae temple complex (/ ˈ f aɪ l iː /; Greek: Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ, Arabic: فيلة Egyptian Arabic:, Egyptian: p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ, ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ, [1] [2] Coptic pronunciation: [ˈpilɑk, ˈpilɑkh]) is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt.
135,000. Dome (s) 1 (world's heaviest dome) Minaret (s) 2. Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center, which houses Masjid Misr or the Grand Mosque, is a religious and architectural landmark located in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. [1] The center covers an area of 250,000 square meters, and can accommodate 131,000 people.
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 they left behind suffered centuries of ...
There are seven World Heritage Sites in Egypt, and a further 34 sites on the tentative list. [4] The first sites in Egypt were listed in 1979, when five properties were inscribed. Since then, two more sites have been listed, Saint Catherine Area in 2002 and Wadi al Hitan in 2005. The latter is the only natural site in Egypt, the other sites ...