Some characteristic items in the square and its branches.
Today I want to give you an idea about Tahrir Square [ Midan Al-Tahrir , Liberation Square]
It is a major public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt.The heart of Cairo. The houses there are combination of old and modern styles In addition it is the public transport center almost for all Cairo places and extensions ,so the square is one of the most important and busiest areas in the city.
Its History
No body can forget the rule of Khedive Ismael and his dream to create a ‘Paris on the Nile’ .He chose some of the best engineers in Egypt at that time like Ali Mubarak that had been graduated in France to help him to achieve his dream.The engineers designed the square to have wide,wide roads,and public gardens and royal palaces. He started his series of palaces or ‘Kasr’ such as Kasr al-Aini, Kasr al-Nil among many others.By that time its name was Midan al-Ismaileyya[ Ismaileyya square], and likewise the district was called al-Kahira al-Ismaileyya afterthe Khedive.
One of the first constructions on the site was Al-Nil Palace which housed the army of the khedive and was later theheadquarters of the British Army of Occupation in the late 1880s.
It was renamed Midan al-Tahrir or Liberation Square in 1954 .
Its Features
At the centre of Tahrir Square is a large and busy traffic circle. On the north-east side is a plaza with a statue of Omar Makram [ in the picture], and beyond it the Omar Makram Mosque.The area around Tahrir Square includes the Egyptian Museum, the Mogamma government building, the Headquarters of the Arab League building, the Nile Hotel, and the original downtown campus of the American University in Cairo.
I had grouped some picture for the day and night in Tahrir Square, to give you idea about the importance of that square . That is not the only important square in Egypt .
Today I want to give you an idea about Tahrir Square [ Midan Al-Tahrir , Liberation Square]
It is a major public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt.The heart of Cairo. The houses there are combination of old and modern styles In addition it is the public transport center almost for all Cairo places and extensions ,so the square is one of the most important and busiest areas in the city.
Its History
No body can forget the rule of Khedive Ismael and his dream to create a ‘Paris on the Nile’ .He chose some of the best engineers in Egypt at that time like Ali Mubarak that had been graduated in France to help him to achieve his dream.The engineers designed the square to have wide,wide roads,and public gardens and royal palaces. He started his series of palaces or ‘Kasr’ such as Kasr al-Aini, Kasr al-Nil among many others.By that time its name was Midan al-Ismaileyya[ Ismaileyya square], and likewise the district was called al-Kahira al-Ismaileyya afterthe Khedive.
One of the first constructions on the site was Al-Nil Palace which housed the army of the khedive and was later theheadquarters of the British Army of Occupation in the late 1880s.
It was renamed Midan al-Tahrir or Liberation Square in 1954 .
Its Features
At the centre of Tahrir Square is a large and busy traffic circle. On the north-east side is a plaza with a statue of Omar Makram [ in the picture], and beyond it the Omar Makram Mosque.The area around Tahrir Square includes the Egyptian Museum, the Mogamma government building, the Headquarters of the Arab League building, the Nile Hotel, and the original downtown campus of the American University in Cairo.
I had grouped some picture for the day and night in Tahrir Square, to give you idea about the importance of that square . That is not the only important square in Egypt .
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