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    Islamic Cairo, also known as Medieval Cairo or Fatimid Cairo, was founded in 969 as the royal enclosure for the Fatimid caliphs, while the actual economic and administrative capital was in nearby Fustat. Islamic Cairo is now a part of central Cairo, Egypt. The city was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Cairo.
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    Islamic Cairo
    by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Islamic Cairo
    by Tentoila, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Islamic Cairo
    by Joonas Plaan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Islamic Cairo

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo Governorate

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    10th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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