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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

September 15, 2018
Cultural
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Blog Project details Location: Alexandria, Egypt Architect: Snohetta Date Constructed: 2001 "From the shoreline, the library appears as a disc-shaped volume one hundred-sixty meters in diameter, tilted forward toward the water in the shape of a wedge. The architects intended the pure geometry of the circular plan to "recall the cyclical nature of knowledge, fluid [...]

Saint Barbara Church

September 8, 2018
Church, Heritage, Religious
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Blog Project details Location: Ash Sharabiyah, Cairo, Egypt Date Constructed: April 1943 The church was built in 1943 and its considered as the second coptic church to be built in this district "Ash Sharabiyah" Main Features: Interior: The Altar curtain is so simple that contains icons without any decoration, seems like it was inspired by [...]

Saint Mary Church – Faggala

August 22, 2018
Church, Heritage, Religious
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Blog Project details Location: Faggala, Cairo Date Constructed: 1884 "St Mary’s Church in Faggala is one of the oldest churches in Cairo. Faggala was given its current name because its land was famous for figl, Arabic for radishes." "In Khedive Ismaïl’s time, many wealthy Copts bought land in Faggala on which the palaces of that [...]

Saint George Church – Khamraway

August 18, 2018
Church, Heritage, Religious
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Blog Project details Location: Shobra, Cairo, Egypt Architect: Unknown (Italian) Date Constructed: 1925 Back to the 1925, the church was completed and it was considered to be the 2nd completed church after St. Mary Church Masarra (1.6 km away from the Church) Main Features: Interior: The Altar curtain is unique as it contains [...]