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Nile Corniche
The Nile Corniche () is a road that extends along the length of the Nile River in almost all of Egypt's governorates and is one of the busiest streets in Cairo. It was established in 1955. Historical At the beginning of the 1920s, foreigners dominated the large hotels along the Corniche walkway for tourist resorts for foreigners, and Egyptians were not allowed to enjoy the Nile River and the views overlooking it, and the enjoyment was only for the foreign and wealthy class, which was Their palaces and hotels overlooked The Nile River, including foreign embassies and consulates and English military barracks, which extended from Qasr al-Nil Bridge to Hilton Ramses Hotel near The Egyptian Museum. After the July Revolution After 1952 Egyptian revolution The Free Officers Movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement and Gamal Abdel Nasser were especially keen to eliminate foreign manifestations in Downtown Cairo, and to gain their control and influence. The organization developed pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world, and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is List of largest cities, one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are near-by. Located near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty in 969. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
