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Maspiro Television Building
Maspero ( ar, ماسبيرو ) is the name of the huge building on the bank of the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt. It is the headquarters of the Egyptian television, Egyptian Radio and Television Union (formerly the Arab Radio and Television Union, the oldest state-run broadcasting organisation in the Arab World and Africa. Maspero is also the name of the street, which this building overlooks. History Gamal Abdel Nasser, the President of the United Arab Republic (of which Egypt was then a part) ordered the construction of the building in August 1959. The first broadcast from Maspero commenced on 21 July 1960 with the country's introduction of television on the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. It was built on an area of 12,000 square metres, with a budget of . The building was named after the French archaeologist Gaston Maspero, who was the chairman of the Egyptology, Egyptian Antiquities Authority. As a key institution of the state, it was one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kairo may refer to: * Kairo (band), Mexican boy band from 1993 to 1999 with Eduardo Verástegui as member until 1996 * Kairo (video game), ''Kairo'' (video game), independently published exploration video game made by Richard Perrin * Kairo (film), ''Kairo'' (film), A.K.A. ''Pulse'', a 2001 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Kairo-kō'', a 1905 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki * Kai-ro, a superhero in episodes of ''Batman Beyond'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' cartoons (a future Green Lantern) *Kairō, a cloister-like part of a Japanese Buddhist temple * Kairo is also a Japanese term for a hand warmer * Kairo block, a community development block in Jharkhand, India * Kairo, Lohardaga, a village in Jharkhand, India See also * Kairos (other) * Cairo (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
