Gīza (district) - Gīza (Stadtteil)

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El-Gīza district · ‏حي الجيزة‎
GovernorateGīza
Residents
277.773 (2006)
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El-Gīza or el-Gise (Dumbbell: Gise (h), Arabic:حي الجيزة‎, Haiy al-Ǧīza) or southern el-Gīza (‏جنوب الجيزة‎, Ǧanūb al-Ǧiza) is the oldest part of the city in the city of the same name and its original area of ​​origin.

background

location

District map of el-Gīza

history

The beginnings of the settlement of el-Gīza are obscure, and there are no written documents from pre-Arab times. The Coptic writer Abū el-Makārim (Late 12th century) reported that the general ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ in the year 22 AH (643 AD) had the fortress el-Gīza built for members of the (Yemeni) tribe of Hamdān.[1] The coptologist and Egyptologist Émile Amélineau (1850–1915) and Stefan Timm put el-Gīza with the Coptic name Ⲧⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ, Tpersēs, no matter what would indicate a pre-Arab settlement in Roman and from 619 AD Persian times.[2][3] The Egyptian scholar contradicted this Muḥammad Ramzī (1871–1945) in his geographical dictionary: el-Gīza is an Islamic city founded in the year 21 AH (642 AD). Tpersēs / Tebersis is the old name of the southern village of Tarsā,ترسا‎.[4]

Ramzī goes on to say that el-Gīza is on the west bank of the Nile opposite el-Fusṭāṭ and means “the valley” in Arabic, which refers to the Nile valley.

Abū el-Makārim also reported in detail on the churches and monasteries in the province of el-Gīza, which existed before in the vicinity of the settlement of el-Gīza. These included a church of Mark the Evangelist, possibly located in the fortress of el-Gīza. Such a church is also in the church directory of the Arab historian el-Maqrīzī (1364–1442).[1] Bishops have been known since the 11th century. In 1102 the Nile island also belonged to the diocese of Wasīm and el-Gīza el-Gazīra.[3]

The traveler and geographer Leo Africanus (1490–1550) reported the following about the cattle trade, the local palace complexes of the Mamluk sultans and the pyramids in the 16th century:

“Geza [Jiza] is a city on the Nile, opposite the old town, and separated from it by the island: it is well inhabited and cultivated. Here are beautiful palaces that the noble Mamluks have built to have fun here, away from the noise of Kahira. There are many artisans and merchants here, especially those who deal in cattle that the Arabs bring in barges from the mountains. These do not like to drive across the river in barges, and sell it to local cattle dealers, who then leave it to the Kahirin butchers, who come here for that very reason. On the river lies the mosque, and other beautiful and graceful buildings. Gardens and date trees surround the city. Some professionals come to this city for their business and go home again towards night. Those who travel to the pyramids (these are the tombs of the ancient Egyptian kings in a place that was formerly called Memphis) walk straight through this city. From there to the pyramids everything is sandy desert, there are also many puddles created by the rise of the Nile; but with the help of a good guide who knows the country, the way can be covered without inconvenience. "[5]

In the 17th century, the Orient traveler Jean Coppin (1615–1690) handed down a legend according to which the prophet Jeremiah was buried in the small village of el-Gīza.[6]

In the early 1870s, the Khedive, the viceroy, had Ismail Pasha (Reign 1867 to 1879) build a palace complex here, the so-called Giza Palace, in the area of ​​today's zoo. The complex included a harem palace and a harem garden designed by the French landscape architect Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps (1824–1873) designed - was characterized as a pleasure garden by the former servants. Ismail himself had many of the plants and trees in today's zoo and in the El-Urmān Botanical Garden to the north brought in from India, Africa and South America. At the end of the 1870s, the palace passed into state hands in order to be able to pay Ismail's debts. The Harem Palace was used as a natural history museum from 1889 to 1902, which also houses ancient Egyptian antiquities until the opening of the Egyptian Museum were shown. The palace itself has disappeared today. The harem garden was created in 1891 under Ismail's son Muḥammad Tawfīq Pasha (Reigned 1879 to 1892) el-Gīza zoo.

In the 19th and first half of the 20th century, el-Gīza was a rather small town. Émile Amélineau stated that before 1893 there were 11,410 residents, a school, a post office and a Nile station here.[2] In the 1928 Baedeker travel guide, 18,714 residents were named.[7] In 2006 there were around 278,000 people living in the el-Gīza district, and over 3 million people in the entire city.

orientation

getting there

By bus

In el-Munīb, north of the metro terminus 1 El Mounib, south of the el-Gīza district, is the 2 Bus terminus for buses after Upper Egypt and into the valley el-Baḥrīya. 450 meters further south is the 3 Microbus stop.

By train

El-Gīza owns the 4 El-Gīza train station at the line Cairo–Aswan.

The residential area el-Gīza is about the Metro line 2 accessible to El Mounib. In the west of the residential area are the metro stations from north to south 5 Cairo University, 6 Faisal, 7 Giza Railway, 8 Around El Masriyeen (Giza Suburban) and 9 Sakkeyat Mekki.

Tourist Attractions

Museums

Monuments

The statue created in 1928 was placed in the northeast of the Gīza Zoo 1 Rebirth of EgyptStatue of the rebirth of Egypt in the encyclopedia WikipediaStatue of the rebirth of Egypt in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsStatue of the Rebirth of Egypt (Q6753132) in the Wikidata database, Arabic:نهضة مصر‎, Nahḍat Miṣr, English: Renascence of Egypt, the Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891–1934) established. It shows a typical Egyptian peasant woman next to a sphinx. This statue became the epitome of modern Egyptian sculpture.

2  Ahmed Shawqi Museum (‏متحف أحمد شوقي‎), 6 Ahmed Shawqi St. (on the corner of the Corniche al-Nil, Giza). Tel.: (02) 3572 9479. Ahmed Shawqi Museum in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAhmed Shawqi Museum in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryAhmed Shawqi Museum (Q372088) in the Wikidata database.Ahmed Shawqi's house now serves as a museum that commemorates his life as a celebrated poet and respected nationalist. Its library, reading room, reception hall and bedrooms can be visited on two floors. The museum is also used for special exhibitions.Open: daily except Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.(30 ° 1 '17 "N.31 ° 13 ′ 3 ″ E)
Statue of Rebirth of Egypt
Ahmed Shawqi Museum
Sculpture in front of the Ahmed Shawqi Museum
Monument to Ahmed Shawqi
1  Pharaonic Village (‏القرية الفرعونية‎), 3 Al-Bahr Al-A'zam St, Corniche al-Nil, Giza. Tel.: (02) 3571 8676. Pharaonic Village in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPharaonic Village in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsPharaonic Village (Q12191277) in the Wikidata database.In the course of a boat trip, the visitor can relive daily life in ancient Egypt as it is portrayed here by actors. In the village you can see replicas of a temple, the houses of an official and a farmer and a replica of Tutankhamun's tomb. Two museums are attached, one is dedicated to the life of the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Anwar as-Sadat, the other exhibits over 1200 hand-painted papyri.Open: daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.(29 ° 59 ′ 50 ″ N.31 ° 12 ′ 55 ″ E)

Parks

3  Giza Zoo (‏حديقة حيوان الجيزة‎, Hadīqat Hayawān al-Gīza), Approaching Misr St. Giza Zoo in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGiza Zoo in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsGiza Zoo (Q2509245) in the Wikidata database.The zoo, initially 21 hectares, now 32 hectares, was opened on March 1, 1891. It was laid out in the haram garden of Ismail Pascha's palace, and the first animals come from his private menagerie. From 1891 to 1901 the zoo was looked after by A. R. Birdwood, and later by Major Stanley Smyth Flower (1871-1946), initially responsible for animals, as the first director until 1924.Open: daily in summer 9 am-5pm, in winter 9 am-3pm.Price: Entry price LE 20, video camera LE 30.(30 ° 1 '27 "N.31 ° 12 ′ 51 ″ E)Last change: Jun. 2016 (information may be out of date)
Suspension bridge by Gustave Eiffel
Pavilion with seating
Grottoes in the zoo
Former way of the Haram Garden
Gauntlet
Saber antelope

The zoo is an extensive park with five grottos, waterfalls, a zoological museum, specialist library and various cafes and a restaurant on the tea island. Some of the footpaths date from the time when the garden belonged to the harem palace. An iron suspension bridge made by the French engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) connects two artificial hills.

You can see animals from the Egyptian and Sudanese Nile Valley, around 400 species, including lions, leopards, tigers, camels, giraffes, elephants, hippos, gazelles, white-naped bog antelopesKobus megaceros), Monkeys and birds such as flamingos, shoebills (Balaeniceps rex) and ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri).

There is a large number of visitors on public holidays and Fridays.

4  El-Urmān Botanical Garden (‏حديقة الأورمان النباتية‎, Ḥadīqat al-Urmān an-Nabātīya, Orman Botanic Garden). El-Urmān Botanical Garden in the Wikipedia encyclopediaEl-Urmān Botanical Garden in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryEl-Urmān Botanical Garden (Q4991033) in the Wikidata database.The park, created in 1873, is located immediately north of the zoo. The entrance is in the north. Free entry.Open: Daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.(30 ° 1 '46 "N.31 ° 12 '48 "E)
El-Urmān Botanical Garden
El-Urmān Botanical Garden
El-Urmān Botanical Garden

activities

Cinemas

  • Al-Haram, Pyramids Rd, Giza (near the art academy). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3385 8358.
  • Radobis (at the beginning of Pyramids Road). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3585 2654.

Galleries

  • Ahmed Shawqi Museum (Center of Criticism and Creativity), 6 Ahmed Shawqi St, Giza. Tel.: 20 (0)2 3570 7960. Open: Daily from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

shop

kitchen

There are several restaurants in the area of ​​the zoo, the Four Seasons Hotel, the First Mall and the Nile Tower.

Restaurants

  • La Maison Blanche, 35 Giza St., First Mall, Giza. Tel.: 20 (0)2 3570 0205. French kitchen.
  • Season’s restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel, Giza. Tel.: 20 (0)2 3573 1212. French kitchen.

Cafes

  • La Gourmandise, First Mall, Giza (opposite zoo). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3569 2557. Café and brewery.
  • The Tea Lounge, 35 El Giza St., Giza (at the Four Seasons Hotel). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3573 1212. Charming tea lounge and cocktail bar.

nightlife

  • Club 35, 35 Giza St., Giza (at the Four Seasons Hotel). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3573 8500. Bar.

accommodation

Cheap

  • Moon Light Hotel, 465 El Ahram St., Giza (at the far east end of El Ahram St.). Tel.: 20 (0)2 3569 4941, (0)2 3569 4942, (0)2 3569 4943, Fax: 20 (0)2 3569 4941. 1-star hotel with 86 two-bed rooms.Last change: May 2016 (information may be out of date)

medium

Upscale

4 star hotels

5 star hotels

Learn

literature

  • Raafat, Samir W.: Cairo, the glory years: who built what, when, why and for whom ‥. Alexandria: Harpocrates Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-977-5845-08-5 , Pp. 233-273.
  • Timm, Stefan: al-Gīza. In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 2: D - F. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1984, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.2, ISBN 978-3-88226-209-4 , Pp. 1055-1060.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1,01,1[Abū al-Makārim]; Evetts, B [asil] T [homas] A [lfred] (ed., Transl.); Butler, Alfred J [oshua]: The churches and monasteries of Egypt and some neighboring countries attributed to Abû Sâliḥ, the Armenian. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895, Pp. 173–180, fol. 59.a – 61.a, p. 341 (No. 26 in the church list of el-Maqrīzī). Various reprints, e.g. B. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-9715986-7-6 .
  2. ↑ 2,02,1Amélineau, É [mile]: La geographie de l’Égypte à l’époque copte. Paris: Impr. National, 1893, P. 190 f.
  3. ↑ 3,03,1See Timm, Stefan, loc. cit., P. 1055 f.
  4. ↑Ramzī, Muḥammad: al-Qāmūs al-ǧuġrāfī li-’l-bilād al-miṣrīya min ʿahd qudamāʾ al-miṣrīyīn ilā sanat 1945; Vol. 2, Book 3: Mudīrīyāt al-Ǧīza wa-Banī Suwaif wa-’l-Faiyūm wa-’l-Minyā. Cairo: Maṭbaʿat Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīya, 1960, P. 4 f. (Numbers above).
  5. ↑Leo ; Lorsbach, Georg Wilhelm [transl.]: Johann Leo’s des Africaners description of Africa; First volume: which contains the translation of the text. Herborn: High school bookstore, 1805, Library of the most excellent travelogues from earlier times; 1, P. 545.
  6. ↑Coppin, Jean ; Sauneron, Serge (Ed.): Voyage en Égypte de Jean Coppin: 1638-1639, 1643-1646. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, 1971, P. 209.
  7. ↑Baedeker, Karl: Egypt and the Sûdan: Handbook for Travelers. Leipzig: Baedeker, 1928 (8th edition), P. 82.
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