List of buildings in Cairo

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This is a list of buildings in Cairo, Egypt.

Ancient sites and monuments[]

• Giza Pyramids
• (Heliopolis Obelisk)^[1]

Museums[]

• Egyptian Museum
• Coptic Museum
• Grand Egyptian Museum (under construction)
• Museum of Islamic Art
• Museum of Islamic Ceramics
• Gayer-Anderson Museum

Religious buildings[]

Muslim

• Abu al-'Ila Mosque
• Al-Azhar Mosque
• Al-Hakim Mosque
• Al-Hussein Mosque
• Al-Rifa'i Mosque
• Aqmar Mosque
• Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque)
• Demerdash Mosque
• Ibn Tulun Mosque
• Juyushi Mosque
• Khanqah of Baybars II
• Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq
• Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay
• Lulua Mosque
• Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban
• Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa, Mawlawiyya Museum)
• Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya
• Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i
• Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi
• Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish
• Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
• Mosque and Mausoleum of Sultan Qaytbay
• Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Khayrbak
• Mosque of Abu Dahab
• Mosque of al-Burdayni
• Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad
• Mosque of al-Salih Tala'i
• Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
• Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
• Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
• Mosque of Khushqadam El-Ahmadi
• Mosque of Muhammad Ali
• Mosque of Qani-Bay
• Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi
• Mosque of Qijmas al-Ishaqi
• Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
• Mosque of Taghribirdi
• Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay
• Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
• Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
• Qarafa Mosque
• Qubbat Afandina
• Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
• Sayida Aisha Mosque
• Sayida Nafisa Mosque
• Sayida Zaynab Mosque
• Sultaniyya Mausoleum
• Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli

Christian

The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral

• All Saints' Cathedral (Anglican / Episcopal)
• Basilica of St Therese of the Child Jesus (Roman Catholic)
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima (Chaldean Catholic)
• Church of St George (Greek Orthodox)
• Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila)
• Maadi Community Church
• Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
• Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum)
• St Andrew's United Church
• The Hanging Church

Palaces, historic mansions, and villas in Cairo[]

• Abdeen Palace
• Al-Gawhara Palace
• Amir Alin Aq Palace
• Amir Taz Palace
• Baron Empain Palace
• Bayt al-Kritliyya (Gayer-Anderson Museum)
• Bayt Al-Razzaz palace
• Bayt al-Sinnari
• Bayt Al-Suhaymi
• Beshtak Palace
• Dubara Palace
• Gezirah Palace
• Heliopolis Palace
• Khairy Pasha Palace
• Koubbeh Palace
• Manial Palace and Museum
• Manasterly Palace
• Palace of Yashbak
• Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace
• Tahra Palace
• Tara
• Zaafarana palace

Historic fortresses and gates[]

• Babylon Fortress
• Cairo Citadel (Citadel of Saladin)
• Bab al-Barqiyya
• Bab al-Futuh
• Bab al-Nasr
• Bab Zuweila

Historic commercial and civic buildings[]

• Cairo Citadel Aqueduct
• Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad
• Maristan of Qalawun (part of Sultan Qalawun's complex)
• Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda
• Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay
• Wikala of Sultan Al-Ghuri
• Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay

Other buildings[]

• Belmont Building
• Cairo International Stadium
• Cairo Opera House
• Cairo Tower
• Headquarters of the Arab League
• The Mogamma
• Ramses Exchange
• Yacoubian Building
• Immobilia Building

See also[]

• List of tallest buildings in Cairo
• Residential Architecture in Historic Cairo

References[]

External links[]

• Nasser Rabbat. "Syllabus: Architecture of Cairo". Massachusetts Institute of Technology – via Archnet.