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Cairo

Cairo in eveningCairo - fantastic metropolis, which absorbed the flavor of different cultures and eras.
It is believed that the city was founded in 969, when he took a very advantageous geographic position on the banks of the Nile, one of the major waterways of the continent. In the city's history alternated periods of prosperity and decline. The size of the current Cairo stagger the imagination, the population of the capital of Egypt is more than 18 million.

This is the main center of political and cultural life.
Undoubtedly, the most remarkable monument, which is famous for Cairo, it
Pyramids of Giza. Thousands of tourists every day come to look at one of the wonders of the world. Arab proverb says: "Man fears time but time fears the pyramids". Indeed the age of the pyramids at Giza - 5000 years.
Sphinx - carved from solid rock sculpture with lion body and human head has a length of 80 meters, 20 meters. It is believed that the Sphinx had been assigned to the facial features of the then ruling Pharaoh Chephren. On the head of the Sphinx - the royal headdress, a symbol of power. His nose was broken during the Middle Ages by soldiers of the Muslim Sheikh Mohammed Al-Daher. A major part of his beard, which had the form of braids, loose from the statue in early v.XIX was evacuated by the British.
Among the attractions of the Egyptian capital of many Islamic sites, such as:

  • Citadel of Cairo,
  • the Mosque of Muhammad Ali,
  • Mosque of Sultan Nasir Mosque Hassan Mosque Reef,
  • the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, and others

No less interesting and Christian shrines, such as:

  • the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
  • Monastery of St.. George,
  • Church of Sts. Sergius.

In Cairo there is a mountain Muukattam, where he built a huge cathedral cave at 20,000 seats (the largest church in the East). The impetus for its construction was finding workers who restored the ancient church in Old Cairo. At a depth of 3 meters, they found a clay vault, which discovered the remains of men, who made a thousand years ago a miracle, the person's name was Semaan tanner. Tourists can visit the Egyptian Museum, Islamic Museum, Coptic Museum, Cairo Opera House, the zoo, take a look at the city from the height of the Cairo Tower.

But this does not exhaust the peculiarity of Cairo. Truly Cairo-city of contrasts. Multi-level interchanges side by side with narrow winding streets, high-rise buildings, with their tiny hovels, in the stream of modern machines always gets donkeys, harnessed to the wagon. Crazy rhythm of city life combined with a surprisingly eastern deliberation. For externally unattractive facades of apartment buildings often hidden interiors of luxury flats. Cairo is a mixture of sounds, smells, sensations, he makes a lasting impression on everyone who has visited here.


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