Ismailia - Ismailia

Ismailia or el-Isma'iliya (also Ismailia, Isma'iliya, Ismaileya, Arabic:الإسماعيلية‎, al-Ismāʿīlīya) is quite a young woman egyptian City on the west bank of the Suez Canal with 293,000 inhabitants (2006).^[1] The city's immediate location on Lake Timsāḥ makes it an important holiday destination. The European-looking city center exudes a Mediterranean flair. It is generously equipped with parks and has an important archaeological museum.

background

Location and importance

The relatively young city of Ismailia is located on the north bank of the Timsāḥ Lake (Arabic:بحيرة التمساح‎, Buḥairat at-Timsāḥ, „Crocodile lake"), About halfway between Port Said and Sue. The distance to both cities is about 75 kilometers, the one after Cairo about 120 kilometers. The city owes its importance and construction solely to the construction of the Suez Canal. The Timsāḥ Lake, part of the Suez Canal, covers an area of ​​about 14 square kilometers.

Before connecting with the canal, Timsāḥ Lake was more of a small lake with brackish water with reeds growing on its banks. In ancient times, caravan routes led from Syria to Egypt in the north of the lake.

history

Ismailia was originally created as a residential area for the canal workers, engineers and civil servants, mostly from France, Great Britain and Greece. The foundation stone was laid on April 17, 1862 by the Inspector General of the Suez Canal Company and was initially named the village of Timsāḥ (Arabic:قرية التمساح‎, Qaryat at-Timsāḥ). After the accession of the Chedives (Viceroy) Ismāʿīl Pasha on January 18, 1863, this settlement was renamed Ismailia and the capital of the Canal Governorate. During the canal works it was the most important city along the Suez Canal and the headquarters of the Suez Canal Company. To ensure the drinking water supply, the fresh water canal was built between 1861 and 1863, too Ismāʿīlīya Canal called, by French engineers from Nile in Schubrā el-Cheima by the Wādī eṭ-Ṭumīlāt after Ismailia.

In 1864 there were already several streets with residential buildings, a central square and a government building in the settlement. In 1868 it was connected to the railway network. However, the city's glamor and importance were lost as quickly as they came. After the canal work was completed and the canal was opened on November 17, 1869, most of the workers moved to Port Said.

About 3,000 people lived here between 1870 and 1890. In the period that followed, the population increased steadily. In 1928 there were already 15,507 inhabitants here^[2] and 1950 counted about 50,000 inhabitants. These were mostly foreigners. Until the British withdrew in 1954, Ismailia was also used as a garrison town. The headquarters of the British military and the civil administration center of the Canal Zone were located here. The troops were mainly in the southwestern suburb of Moascar (Arabic:المعسكر‎, al-Muʿaskar, „the troop camp“) Stationed. Since the Second World War, the British also owned a military airport here, 4 kilometers west-northwest of the city Royal Air Force Ismailia Airfieldused by the Egyptian military today.

Since October 1951, clashes between British troops and the local Egyptian police became more frequent. The climax was reached on January 25, 1952, when 50 Egyptian police officers were killed in a six-hour skirmish between the two forces. January 25th later became the day of honor for the Egyptian police. A day later, this news reached Cairo, where there were massive riots against the British occupation and arson. This day, on which large parts of downtown Cairo were destroyed, went down in history as "Black Saturday".

1916 arrived Abbas Effendi Baha’u’llah (1844–1921), the eldest son of the founder of the religion Baha’u’llah, to Ismailia and founded a Baha'i-Center. In 1928 the primary school teacher founded Ḥasan el-Bannāʾ (1906-1949) the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Bannāʾ has been a preacher in local cafes since 1926. Initially the brotherhood was supported by the Suez Canal Society so that a school and a mosque could be founded here. However, the Muslim Brotherhood prevented the Baha'i religion from spreading.^[3] The brotherhood grew very quickly. In the early 1940s, the Brotherhood's secret military wing came into being. The Brotherhood's hostility towards the British became increasingly visible. They carried out anti-British attacks and supported the Palestinians in the looming Middle East conflict in the then Mandate Palestine. The Brotherhood's fight against the British led to a veritable guerrilla war at the end of the 1940s, and the Brotherhood then also supported the overthrow of the "Free Officers" in July 1952.

Today Ismailia is the seat of the Suez Canal Authority, which was established by law on July 26, 1956.

The city has been the capital of the governorate since 1963 Ismailia, which emerged from the canal governorate through division.

After this Six day war In 1967, numerous residents left the city or were evacuated. On October 6, 1973, Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal at five points along the Suez Canal, including in the north of the city, and thus managed the Yom Kippur War, called the October War in Egypt. On October 24, 1973, the armistice reached by the UN was proclaimed. As a result, Ismailia was the headquarters of the from August 1974 to July 1979 United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II). Even today, military observers are still the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization stationed here on site. However, only some of the residents returned to the city after the armistice.

Ismailia has been a university town since 1976. The Suez Canal University, which is represented in several cities, set up twelve of the 28 faculties here. In 2006 there were around 293,000 inhabitants in the city and around 750,000 in the greater Ismailia area.

The beaches of Lake Timsāḥ in Ismailia and Fayid are now an important prerequisite for recreational tourism.

Architectural concept

Names of streets and squares in Ismailia
New	old
Mīdān Gumhūrīya	Place Champillion
Mīdān Muṣṭafā Kāmil	Place Leibnitz
Aḥmad ʿUrābī St.	Avenue de l’Impératrice
el-Thawra St.	Sultan Hussein St.
el-Ḥurrīya St.
el-Taḥrīr St.
Sa'ad Zaghlūl St.
el-Geish St.	Rue Negrelli
Ṣalāḥ Sālim St.	Quai Mohammed Ali

The original plan was to create four identical square areas or quarters from west to east in the settlement. Two of them were realized, which are still visible in this form to this day. Within these areas, three streets each from north to south and from west to east as well as two in the diagonals should be laid out. There should be a square in the center. A similar structure was initially planned for the area north of the railway line; a comparable fourth with the central mosque was also laid out. The two eastern quarters of the inner city were laid out in this way, but the one following in the west no longer had a central square.

In the far west was the Arab quarter. The two quarters that followed in the east were European and the easternmost a Greek quarter. Two Greek quarters were originally planned.

The houses should only have two storeys and were built from stone, bricks and wood. The two-story palace of the viceroy was once located in the southeast of the Greek quarter.

orientation

The railway line divides the city into two parts that couldn't be more different. In the south, in the el-Afrang district (Arabic:حي الأفرنج‎, Ḥaiy al-Afranǧ), is the old, Mediterranean Ismailia with colonial-era houses in the southern European style, which was bordered in the south by the freshwater canal. The modern city with its concrete buildings was laid out north of the railway line.

The is in front of the train station Mīdān ʿUrābī (Arabic:ميدان عرابي, Orabi Sq., Orabi Square). From this place leads to the east or west Shāriʿ el-Ḥurrīya (‏شارع الحرية, El Hurriya St.). The broad one leads south from the station Shāriʿ ʿUrābī (‏شارع عرابي, Orabi St.), the former avenue de l’Impératrice, to the freshwater canal. It continues south over a suspension bridge to Lake Timsāḥ. In the middle of the Shari Urābī leads the Shāriʿ Saʿd Zaghlūl (‏شارع سعد زغلول, Sa'ad Zaghlul St.) east to Mīdān el-Gumhūrīya (‏ميدان الجمهورية, Gomhoriya Sq., Republic Square), the former Place Champollion. The north of the Schāriʿ Saʿd Zaghlūl runs Shāri Taḥrīr (‏شارع تحرير, Tahrir St.), south of the Shari'el-Geish (‏شارع الجيش, El Geish St.). North of the freshwater canal is the Shāriʿ Ṣalāḥ Sālim (‏شارع صلاح سالم, Salah Salim St.), the former Quai Mohammed Ali, with the house of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894) and the large administration building of the Suez Canal Company. Further east on the north side of the Shāriʿ ʿalāḥ Sālim is the archaeological museum with ancient Egyptian artifacts that were mainly found during the construction of the Suez Canal, but also from Tell el-Maschūṭa and originate from the Mediterranean coast of Sinai.

The European quarter is derived from the Greek through the Shāriʿ el-Thaura (‏شارع الثورة, El Thawra St.), the former Shāriʿ Sulṭān Ḥusein (‏شارع ساطان حسين, Sultan Hussein St.), separately. In the middle of this Greek quarter is the Mīdān Muṣṭafā Kāmil (‏ميدان مصطفى كامل, Mustafa Kamil Sq.).

Some of the residents still use the old street names. In particular, for them the Shari el-Thaura is still the Shari Sulṭān Ḥusein. No matter what you call it, there are two hotels and several restaurants in the Shāriʿ Sulṭān Ḥu.

getting there

In the street

Ismailia is accessible via Highway 4 Cairo connected, which passes the city in the northwest. The distance to Cairo is about 130 kilometers. The motorway continues over el-Qanṭara (44 kilometers) to Port Said (80 kilometers). Of the 30.56514332.1956061 Motorway exit(30 ° 33 '54 "N.32 ° 11 '44 "E.) continue east on highways 49 and 31, and you reach the city in the south.

An alternative route is the connection via trunk road 45 Bilbeis, continue on trunk road 41 to Abū Ḥammād and trunk road 49 to Ismailia.

In the south of the city, the Autobahn 24 follows Sue.

The runs about four kilometers east of the city of Ismailia 30.59015732.3093642 Car ferry Nimra Sitta(30 ° 35 ′ 25 ″ N.32 ° 18 '34 "E.), Number 6, which connects the west and east banks of the Suez Canal along trunk road 31. Of course, the ferries can only operate when there are no ships on the canal. The next bridge is in el-Qanṭara ​​in the north and a tunnel in Suez under the canal.

The city can be bypassed by a road ring.

By bus

The 30.61598632.271993 Bus station(30 ° 36 '58 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 19 ″ E) the city is located in the far north of the city, about three kilometers north of the railway line, south of the ring road and the Suez Canal University, on Shibin El Kom St., approximately in extension of Sultan Hussein St. (El Thawra St.). From here you can take a taxi (approx. LE 5–10, status 3/2007) or microbus (approx. LE 1, status 3/2007) to the city center.

Public buses go to / from Cairo, Turgoman bus station, every half hour between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. The journey time is two hours. From Ismailia you can also get to Suez and Port Said, about every hour between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., an hour and a half drive.

There are other bus connections to Hurghada, el-ʿArish and Alexandria. Buses and service taxis can also be used to get there Sharm esch-Sheikh. The border town of Rafaḥ can also be reached with service taxis.

By train

The 30.59310332.2701884 Ismailia Railway Station(30 ° 35 '35 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 13 ″ E) is located on the north side of Orabi Sq. Six pairs of trains run daily to and from Cairo. The journey takes three to five hours. To the west of the station building there is an overpass over the tracks to the newer districts in Ismailia.

There are also train connections to Suez, Port Said and Alexandria. You have to have some time for these trips.

By boat

There are boat docks in the south of the city center.

By plane

Ismailia does not have a civil airport. The airfield Al Ismailiyah Air Base in the northwest is operated by the Egyptian Air Force. The nearest airport is the 30.12194444444431.4055555555565 Cairo International Airport(IATA: CAI).

mobility

The roads are well developed. Taxis cost around LE 5–10 (as of 3/2007).

Tourist Attractions

Ismailia Archaeological Museum

There is a in front of the museum garden with tall trees, a hedge and various bushes. The stelae that were once erected here have been moved to the National Museum of Port Said. All that remains is a granite sphinx Ramses ’II.who originally intended for Amenemhet III. made Sphinx "revised" for you. The Sphinx was found in Tell el-Maschūṭa.^[4]

The facade of the two-story, U-shaped Museum takes in ancient Egyptian architectural elements. The facade is occupied by columns without capitals. Scarabs were placed above the pillars and a groove above them. On the ground floor there are longitudinal halls to the left and right, which are connected to a wide transverse hall. The first draft for the museum came from the architect Louis-Jean Hulot (1871–1959) in 1930. The museum was inaugurated on February 13, 1934.

You enter the museum on the left-hand side via a staircase. The majority of the finds are exhibited in the adjoining longitudinal hall and the following transverse hall in showcases on both sides. Out Pharaonic times There are numerous statues of gods, many made of bronze, cube stools (cube statues), limestone steles, ibis statues, mirrors, amulets, sistras, canopic jugs and ushabtis. This includes B. in the longitudinal hall of the upper part of a Cube stool of the priest of Bastet, We-ka-ra-men, made of dark red sandstone from the 22nd Dynasty from Tell el-Maschūṭa. The priest wears a scarab on his head. Other exhibits are the wooden one from the late period Ibis coffin out Tūna el-Gebel and a Bust out Asyūṭ from the 12th dynasty. The votive stele of the family of gods, the triad of gods, des Osiris with his wife Isis and his son Horus comes from the 26. – 30. Dynasty, but incorporates stylistic elements from the Old Kingdom. Osiris wears the atef crown on his head.

Out Greek (Ptolemaic) time originate from Ceramic vessels, basalt heads, bust and statue fragments, Bes statues and coins. The complete Cube stool of the Amun priest Ankh-ef-en-Chons was found in Karnak. You can also see the Torso of a man, the Sarcophagus of Djedhor and the Head of Cleopatra VII. One of the finds is the Granitnaos from el-ʿArishwhich was found here in 1887/1888. The approximately 1.2 meter high and 80 centimeter wide naos tapers slightly upwards, has a flat pyramidal tip and was once closed with a double-leaf wooden door. The representations and inscriptions inside and on the outside are badly weathered. Inside the naos, deities, sacred animals and religious symbols can be seen. The right and the back contain an extensive inscription in which the holy places in Hat-nebes (At Nebes, the "Sycamore Square"), a sanctuary in the ancient Egyptian capital With a Sopdu - today Ṣafṭ el-Ḥinna - the 20th Lower Egyptian district in the biblical landscape Goschen as well as the gods worshiped here, the sun god Re, the creator and heaven deity Atum, the god of air Schu, and the god of the sky and the eastern desert Sopdu, to be named.^[5]

Out roman time come from a Bust of the emperor Septimius, Glass vessels, gold jewelry, chains, partly painted mummy masks and portraits made of plaster of paris and stone, urns, terracottas, amulets, bone carvings and coins.

The highlight of the artifacts from this period and of the entire museum, however, are two Floor mosaics esch-Sheikh Zuweid (Arabic:الشيخ زويد), Possibly the ancient Bitylion, on the Mediterranean coast of Sinai, which were found here in 1913 in a building of unknown purpose.^[6] The building, probably a villa, belonged to a Roman fortress under the emperors Trajan or Hadrian was erected. The two mosaics probably date from the 4th century. The smaller mosaic with geometric representations is located at the meeting point of the longitudinal and transverse hall. The large, mythological mosaic now forms the center of the transverse hall.

The great Mosaic with his representations from the Theseus and Dionysus sagas, which is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in all of Egypt, is surrounded by a ribbon and has two large picture fields. At the top of the mosaic is the call in Greek: "In the temples one should put Nestor, who loves the beautiful."^[7] Underneath you can see Phaidra (Phaedra), the second wife of Theseus, in her palace. She just had a love letter to her stepson Hippolytusthat she fell in love with after being enchanted by Aphrodite. At the behest of Eros her nurse was supposed to deliver the letter. To the right of Hippolytus are the hunters, the Kynagoi, and the entourage of Hippolytus. How to get out of tragedy The wreathed Hippolytus^[8] of the Greek playwright Euripides (around 480 to 406 BC), but Hippolytus did not reciprocate her love. She committed suicide. In her farewell letter, she described what had happened to her husband Theseus. Theseus cursed his son at Poseidon. A sea monster chased the horses of Hippolytus, whereupon he was almost killed. Below, roughly in the middle, is the two-line inscription: “(1) Come and see joyfully the grace that art has given us by fixing the mosaic stones in their place. (2) I often wish that envy and the eyes of shyness [resentment] may keep away from the joy of art. "^[7]

The lower image field is divided into two parts. Above you can see the triumphal procession of the Dionysus. The god is sitting on the left in a chariot driven by Eros and by one Centaur and a Kentauerin is pulled. An old man is riding in front of it Satyr on a donkey. One is dancing on the right edge Maenad to another's castanets. The lower strip of images warns of the dangers of drinking wine. On the left, the drunken Heracles, with a club in the other hand, leans on a satyr. In front of it is a lion drinking from a wine bowl. This is followed by the dancing Pan with a bunch of grapes and a rattle, a satyr blowing a horn and again a dancing maenad with a staff and a drum. The lower end of the mosaic forms a four-line inscription, which is framed by two rows of different birds and with which the host greets his guests: “Man, if you love me, enter this room with joy and enjoy the arts like those with which Once Kypris [Aphrodite] used delicate mosaic stones to weave the lovely robe of the Graces, in which she put a lot of grace into it. "^[7]

Out Christian time Textile fragments, a model of a house, limestone steles come from here Bāwīṭ, Papyrus fragments, oil lamps and bottles in honor of St. Menas.

To the exhibits Islamic period include lamps, pipe bowls to hold the tobacco, clay filters for water containers, candlesticks, bone carvings and coins.

Mosques

• 30.59229732.2727062  Abu Bakr Mosque (‏مسجد ابو بكر الصديق‎, Masǧid Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣadīq). 1999 in the north of Gumhiriya Sq. built mosque with two 91 meter high minarets. The prayer room is covered by a large dome. There are four smaller domes in the corners of the gallery.(30 ° 35 '32 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 22 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.59076432.2769153  Chalid-ibn-el-Walid Mosque (‏مسجد خالد بن الوليد‎, Masǧid Chālid bin al-Walīd, also Sultan Husein Mosque). Mosque in the southeast of El Thawra St.(30 ° 35 ′ 27 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 37 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.587536132.26513454  El Abbasi Mosque (‏الجامع العباسي‎, al-Ǧāmiʿ al-ʿAbbāsī). 1898 (1316 AH) built in the Arab quarter in the Ottoman style mosque with a minaret in the southeast corner. It is the oldest mosque in the city.(30 ° 35 ′ 15 ″ N.32 ° 15 '54 "E)last change: not specified

• 30.59662232.2713525  El Isma'ili Mosque (‏المسجد الاسماعيلي‎, al-Masǧid al-Ismāʿīlī). Mosque north of the railway line.(30 ° 35 '48 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ E)last change: not specified

Churches

• 30.59141732.2714646  Church of St. Markus. The Coptic Catholic Church was built in 1929 by the architect Louis-Jean Hulot (1871–1959) as the Church of St. François-de-Sales erected. It is located on the eastern side of Ahmed Orabi St.(30 ° 35 ′ 29 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.593504732.27751557  Church of St. Menas, el-Imam Ali St. This Greek Orthodox church was built between 1921 and 1935. The three-aisled, colorfully painted church has a stone icon wall.(30 ° 35 ′ 37 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 39 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.593306132.27756928  Church of St. George. This simple church was built as the first Greek Orthodox church around 1865.(30 ° 35 '36 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 39 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.59133232.2699449  Maronite Presbyterian Church. The church west of Ahmed Orabi St. was built in 1951.(30 ° 35 ′ 29 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 12 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.59208732.27019310  Church of St. George (near the Midan Orabi). Coptic Orthodox Episcopal Church.(30 ° 35 '32 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 13 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.58797332.27105711  Protestant church (‏الكنيسة الإنجيلية‎, al-Kanīsa al-Inǧīlīya). Church immediately south of the freshwater canal in the area of ​​Ahmend Orabi St.(30 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.59500532.26394912  Pauluskirche (‏كنيسة الانبا بولا‎, Kanīsat al-Anbā Būlā). The modern church with its two high bell towers is in close proximity to the Commonwealth War Cemetery. There is an extensive Christian cemetery to the south of the church.(30 ° 35 '42 "N.32 ° 15 ′ 50 ″ E)last change: not specified

Places

Major places in the city center are that 30.59161632.27330213 Mīdān el-Gumhūrīya, formerly Place Champillion,ميدان شمبليون‎, Mīdān Shambuliyūn, and the 30.593232.27859414 Mīdān Muṣṭafā Kāmil, Arabic:ميدان مصطفى كامل, Formerly Place Leibnitz. They mark the centers of the European and Greek quarters. North of the station with its forecourt, the 30.59264632.27034915 Mīdān ʿUrābī, there is a comparable center in which the el-Ismāʿīlī Mosque is located.

Further east is the 30.591927732.281847316 Mīdān ʿAbd el-Munʿim Riyāḍ, Arabic:ميدان عبد المنعم رياض. There is a monument in the square that commemorates the “victory over Israel”. A little further to the west is a monument to the Egyptian President Anwar as-Sādāt with a reference to his Nobel Peace Prize. The square itself is named after the Egyptian general ʿAbd el-Munʿim Riyāḍ (1919–1969), who was fatally wounded in an Israeli mortar attack on March 9, 1969 while inspecting the Egyptian formations.

Hydraulic structures and parks

The city center is bounded in the south by the freshwater canal. Drawbridges that date from the end of the 19th century and are painted green lead across the canal. Hissing the canal and Salah Salim St. is a spacious park made up of extensive lawns.

Further east is the 30.59124232.28356717 Malāḥa Park, Arabic:حديقة الملاحة‎, Ḥadīqat al-Malāḥa, „Garden of beauty". Rare types of plants and trees as well as palm trees were planted on around 210 hectares.

Secular buildings

In Salah Salim St., the former Muhammed Ali Quai, you can see a number of important residential and administrative buildings.

Let's start at the end of Ahmed Orabi St. and let's put ours Way east away. There is that first of all 30.58947832.27234418 House of Ferdinand de Lesseps. The house was built in 1862 as a two-story building with a balcony on the upper floor. The building got its current appearance in 1902 when it was expanded to the east. The house is set up as a small museum, but it is usually not accessible. A permit from the Suez Canal Authority is required for an inspection. The living room and bedroom as well as the salon with writing table can be viewed. Lesseps' carriage and personal belongings are also on display.

Immediately to the west of it is the so-called. 30.589600332.272722419 new administration buildingwhich is painted in green, brown and white. It was built in the 1920s by the architect Paul Albert. Further to the east is the old administration building of the Suez Canal Company in the form of a single-storey pavilion from 1862, which was later rebuilt several times. The new 30.5885532.28242420 Suez Canal Company Building is just under a kilometer to the southeast.

Further east, beyond the Mercure Hotel, is located directly on the Suez Canal Suez Canal Society Hospital. The hospital complex was built between the 1920s and the early 1950s. There are two to four-story buildings here. The four-story main building was designed in 1935 by the architect Paul Nelson.

The hospital complex includes the 30.594040332.3090121 Chapel of St. Agatha and the 30.593767932.308800822 esch Shifa mosque, Arabic:مسجد الشفاء‎, Masǧid al-Shifāʾ, „Mosque of Healing". The first Agatha Chapel was laid out in 1888. Its current appearance dates from 1925. The mosque with its high minaret was built in 1956.

West of Ahmed Orabi St. reminds a big one 30.58916932.27143823 Diagram of the opening of the Suez Canal. Just a few steps to the west are examples of the employees' residential buildings. They date from around the beginning of the 20th century. These are often two-story villas with a surrounding wooden balcony. The district is bordered to the west by Talatini St. Now comes the Arab quarter, the most important building of which is the el-Abbasi mosque.

There are other multi-storey villas in the European and Greek quarters. B. along Tahrir St.

Beach on Lake Timsāḥ

Further south are the beaches of Lake Timsāḥ. Here, among other things, on the banks of the river you will find fishing boats and individual houses painted with fish. But the big buildings of the clubs like z. B. the des 30.58518632.27222124 Sailing clubs, of Nādī esch-Shirāʿ, Arabic:نادي الشراع‎.

More Attractions

• 30.596058232.262779525  Commonwealth War Cemetery. Cemetery in the northwest of the city for the 661 fallen soldiers and 291 civilians of the Commonwealth of the First and Second World Wars.Open: Sunday to Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.(30 ° 35 '46 "N.32 ° 15 '46 "E)last change: not specified

• 30.59050832.27448526  Police Museum (in the building of the security service). In the museum, which commemorates the skirmish between the British military and Egyptian police officers on January 25, 1952, uniforms and weapons from different times are on display.(30 ° 35 '26 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 28 ″ E)last change: not specified

• In the area of ​​the Mercure Hotel or the Nimra Sitta car ferry, if you have the time, you can do that too Shipping traffic on the Suez Canal observe.

• A short distance from the Nimra Sitta car ferry on the east bank is the 30.581548732.310340427 October war memorialwhose design is reminiscent of the front part of a submachine gun with an attached bayonet. The monument, inaugurated in 1992, includes a small museum.

Sights outside the city are in the section trips treated.

activities

Festivals

• It will be around Easter Shamm en-Nasīm, the spring festival. For this purpose, cars are decorated and there is one among the children Miss Strawberry elected.

• Find that a week later Limbo Festival with the burning of a large doll instead. The festival is named after the hated governor Limbo Bey.

• March: Camel racing, 20 kilometers south of Ismailia.

• June: Documentary film festival.

• August September: Held annually Folklore festival with participants from different African, Asian and Latin American countries.

Cinemas

• 30.59442432.2755581  Donia Cinema, 185 Amr Ibn El Aas St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 0366, Mobile: 20 (0)122 331 5151. (30 ° 35 ′ 40 ″ N.32 ° 16 ′ 32 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.59386532.2755822  Al-Huriya Cinema (‏سينما الحرية‎, Sīnimā al-Ḥurrīya), 23 El Thawra St.. Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 4901, Mobile: 20 (0)122 482 3528. (30 ° 35 '38 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 32 ″ E)last change: not specified

• 30.58980632.2695143  Renaissance Ismailia, 123 El Guish St. (opposite Family Social Club). Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 2658, (0)64 392 2659, Mobile: 20 (0)106 553 0863, Fax: 20 (0)64 392 2658. Two cinema halls.(30 ° 35 '23 "N.32 ° 16 ′ 10 ″ E)last change: not specified

• Royal Cinema, 47 El Thawra St.. Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 1994, (0)64 391 0274, Mobile: 20 (0)122 166 6678. last change: not specified

Sports

There's a big one in the east of the old town 30.59270632.2925634 Football stadium. One of the best Egyptian soccer teams, founded in 1924, carries here Ismaily SC (Arabic:نادي الإسماعيلي‎, Nādī al-Ismāʿīlī), his home games. Die Mannschaft war bereits dreimal ägyptischer Fußballmeister (1967, 1991 und 2002).

At the Timsah-See gibt es mehrere Badestrände. Im Forsan Hotel sind Wasserski, Windsurfing und Tennis möglich.

shop

Eine beliebte Einkaufsstraße ist die El Geish St. (arabisch: ‏شارع الجيش‎, Schāriʿ al-Gaisch). Sie ist ruhig gelegen, und es gibt hier kaum Verkehr.

• 30.59422532.2759091  Metro Super Market (‏سوبر ماركت مترو‎, Sūbr Mārkit Mitrū) (östlich der El Thawra St.). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 0740. (30° 35′ 39″ N32° 16′ 33″ O)last change: not specified

kitchen

• 30.59372632.2752491  Cleopatra Restaurant (‏مطعم كليوباترا‎, Maṭʿam Kliyūbātrā), Sultan Hussein St. (30° 35′ 37″ N32° 16′ 31″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59216732.2717952  Falafilo Restaurant (‏مطعم فلافيلو‎, Maṭʿam Filāfīlū), 20 Khaled Ibn El Walid St. Mobile: 20 (0)122 219 2852. (30° 35′ 32″ N32° 16′ 18″ O)last change: not specified

• Groppi, El Thawra St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 8228. Ableger des Kairoer Kafeehauses.last change: not specified

• 30.59319832.2715963  KFC (‏كنتاكي‎, Kintākī), Midan Orabi (östlich vom Bahnhof). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 6490. (30° 35′ 36″ N32° 16′ 18″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59162332.2764514  Nefertiti Restaurant Ismailia (‏مطعم نفرتيتي‎, Maṭʿam Nifrtītī), 11 El Thawra St. (Kreuzung mit El Geish St.). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 0494, Mobile: 20 (0)122 332 9082, (0)100 139 4466. Fleisch-, Kebab- und Fischgerichte zwischen LE 30 und LE 50 (Stand 3/2007).(30° 35′ 30″ N32° 16′ 35″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59169232.2766225  Pizza El Gandool Restaurant, 6 Amr Ibn El Aas St. (Kreuzung el-Geish St). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 5251, Mobile: 20 (0)127 509 9306. (30° 35′ 30″ N32° 16′ 36″ O)last change: not specified

• Pizza Hut, Midan Orabi (östlich vom Bahnhof, zusammen mit KFC). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 5420. last change: not specified

• 30.59170632.2764166  Pizza Massimo, 13 El Thawra St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 3232, Mobile: 20 (0)120 011 4004. (30° 35′ 30″ N32° 16′ 35″ O)last change: not specified

Siehe auch unter Nachtleben.

nightlife

• 30.5911832.2766491  George’s (Chez George), 9 El Thawra St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 8327. Das Restaurant einschließlich besteht seit 1950 und ist nach seinem ursprünglichen griechisch-ägyptischen Eigentümer benannt. Man ist sichtlich stolz darauf, dass das Restaurant noch nie geschlossen war, auch nicht während der Evakuierung der Stadt in den 1970er-Jahren. Neben den Getränken werden internationale und Fischgerichte angeboten. Der Preis beträgt etwa LE 50 bis LE 80 (Stand 3/2007).Geöffnet: Täglich 11:30–24 Uhr.(30° 35′ 28″ N32° 16′ 36″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59346132.2761322  King Edward, 171 Tahrir St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 332 5451. Restaurant und Bar.Geöffnet: Täglich 12–24 Uhr.(30° 35′ 37″ N32° 16′ 34″ O)last change: not specified

accommodation

Einfach

• 30.5922932.2757291  Crocodile Inn Hotel (‏فندق التمساح‎, Funduq at-Timsāḥ, Timsah Hotel), 172 Sa'ad Zaghloul St., Ismailia (Ecke El Thawra St. (= Sultan Hussein St.)). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 2555, (0)64 391 2666, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 2666. 2-Sterne-Hotel mit 40 Zweibettzimmern. Preise betragen für Einzel-, Doppel- und Dreibettzimmer LE 90, LE 130 bzw. LE 175 und für eine Suite LE 200 (Stand 3/2007). Nur Barzahlung möglich. Es ist das beste der preiswerten Hotels.(30° 35′ 32″ N32° 16′ 33″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59120432.2756652  El Salam Hotel, El Geish St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 4401, Fax: 20 (0)64 334 4725. 2-Sterne-Hotel mit 40 Zweibettzimmern.(30° 35′ 28″ N32° 16′ 33″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.57540232.2755953  International Youth Hostel, El Gomhoreya St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 2850, Fax: 20 (0)64 392 3429, Email: [email protected]. (30° 34′ 31″ N32° 16′ 32″ O)last change: not specified

• Isis Hotel, 32 Adly St., Midan Orabi (in Bahnhofsnähe). Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 2821. Einfaches Hotel.last change: not specified

• 30.59278132.2760774  Nefertari Hotel (‏فندق نفرتاري‎, Funduq Nifrtārī, auch Nevertary Hotel), 41 El Thawra St. (in der Nähe zum Crocodile Inn Hotel). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 2822, (0)64 391 1108, Mobile: 20 (0)122 599 5808, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 0337, (0)64 391 0338. Einfaches 2-Sterne-Hotel mit 24 Zweibettzimmern. Zimmer mit Innenbad kosten Einzel- LE 45, Doppel- LE 55, Dreibettzimmer LE 65, Zimmer mit Außenbad Doppel- LE 35 und Dreibettzimmer LE 45 zuzgl. Steuern und Service (Stand 3/2007).(30° 35′ 34″ N32° 16′ 34″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59243832.2707725  New Palace Hotel, Orabi Sq. (in Bahnhofsnähe). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 6327, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 7761. (30° 35′ 33″ N32° 16′ 15″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59149632.2706086  Travellers’ Hotel (‏فندق المسافرين‎, Funduq al-Musāfirīn, Hotel de Voyageurs), 22 Ahmed Orabi St. (westliche Straßenseite). Tel.: 20 (0)64 362 3304. Sehr einfaches, nicht klassifiziertes Hotel.(30° 35′ 29″ N32° 16′ 14″ O)last change: not specified

medium

• 30.59248432.2688847  Teba Hotel (‏فندق طيبة‎, Funduq Ṭība), 13 El Horreya St. (westlich vom Bahnhof). Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 3333, Mobile: (0)100 107 2868, (0)122 331 6436. 30 Zimmer mit Sat-TV, Klimaanlage und einem Balkon. Kostenloses WLAN.Akzeptierte Zahlungsarten: MasterCard und Visa.(30° 35′ 33″ N32° 16′ 8″ O)last change: not specified

Upscale

• 30.58582132.2880198  Mercure Forsan Island (‏فندق ميركيور‎, Funduq Mīrkyūr), P.O.Box 77, Ismailia. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 6316, (0)64 391 6317, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 8043, Email: [email protected]. 4-Sterne-Hotel zwei Kilometer östlich der Stadt mit 137 zumeist Zweibettzimmern, zwei Restaurants und eine Bar. Mit zwei Tennisplätzen, Pool, Strandabschnitt am Timsah-See. Verschiedene Wassersportmöglichkeiten wie z. B. Wasserski. Pferdedroschken fahren ab dem Hotel. Die Preise für Einzel- und Doppelzimmer betragen 88 bzw. 108 € (Stand 3/2007). Es werden alle Kreditkarten akzeptiert.(30° 35′ 9″ N32° 17′ 17″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.52294432.327339  Sport Support Resort (‏فندق سبورت صبورت‎, Funduq Sbūrt Ṣubūrt, Sport Support Hotel), El Belagat Rd., Gabal Mariam, Suez Canal Road. Tel.: 20 (0)64 336 3334, Fax: 20 (0)64 363 4133, Email: [email protected]. 4-Sterne-Hotel mit 48 zumeist Zweibettzimmern.(30° 31′ 22″ N32° 19′ 38″ O)last change: not specified

Weitere Hotels befinden sich in der etwa 20 Kilometer südlich gelegenen Stadt Fāyid.

Lernen

In Ismailia ist die Hauptniederlassung der 30.6239932.2734121 Suez-Kanal-Universität, arabisch: ‏جامعة قناة السويس‎, Ǧāmiʿat Qanāt as-Suwais, angesiedelt. Sie ist an den Standorten Ismailia und el-ʿArīsch vertreten. Die früheren Zweige in Port Said and in Sues bilden seit 2010 bzw. 2012 eigenständige Universitäten. In Ismailia gibt es dreizehn Fakultäten, nämlich für Natur-, Wirtschafts-, Geisteswissenschaften, Pädagogik, Ingenieurwesen, Landwirtschaft, Pharmazie, Tourismus, Informatik, Medizin, Zahnheilkunde, Veterinärmedizin und Krankenpflege, in el-ʿArīsch drei Fakultäten. An der gesamten Universität werden etwa 50.000 Studenten von 2.500 Mitarbeiter ausgebildet. Der Campus befindet sich im Norden der Stadt, nördlich der Ringstraße.

health

• 30.62048232.2877032  El Ismaileya General Hospital, Sabry Magdy St. (Ringstraße, neben Gebäude der Gesundheitsversicherung). Tel.: 20 (0)64 321 3901, (0)64 321 3902. Allgemeinkrankenhaus.(30° 37′ 14″ N32° 17′ 16″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.62426732.2806643  Universitätskrankenhaus (im Osten des Universitätscampus, nördlich der Ringstraße). Tel.: 20 (0)64 336 1395, (0)64 336 1396. Allgemeinkrankenhaus.(30° 37′ 27″ N32° 16′ 51″ O)last change: not specified

• 30.59676932.3094394  Suez Canal Authority Hospital(30° 35′ 48″ N32° 18′ 34″ O)last change: not specified

Es gibt zahlreiche Apotheken in der Stadt.

Practical advice

Touristik-Information

Das Tourismus-Büro, das aber nicht unbedingt eine Tourist-Information ist, befindet sich im neuen 30.60460532.2770115 Gebäude der Gouvernementsregierung. Täglich außer freitags und samstags von 9–14 Uhr geöffnet.

Die Touristenpolizei ist unter 20 (0)64 391 6910 erreichbar.

Passstelle

• 30.59360232.274276  Passstelle, Farid Nada St., Champillion Sq. (gegenüber der Banque du Caire). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 4559. Geöffnet: Täglich außer freitags von 8 bis 14 Uhr.(30° 35′ 37″ N32° 16′ 27″ O)last change: not specified

Banks

• 30.59262332.2716522  Bank of Alexandria, 25 Khaled Ibn El Walid St., Orabi Sq. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 2461, (0)64 391 8922, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 8921. (30° 35′ 33″ N32° 16′ 18″ O)last change: not specified

• Banque du Caire, El Shaheed Farid Nada St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 392 2240, (0)64 391 4613, Fax: 20 (0)64 391 8601. last change: not specified

• 30.59377332.2742573  Banque Misr, 3 Suez Canal St. (Kreuzung Tahrir St.). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 3801, Fax: 20 (0)64 392 4296. (30° 35′ 38″ N32° 16′ 27″ O)last change: not specified

• HSBC, 137 El Thawra & El Tahrir St. (im Metro Markt). last change: not specified

• 30.59243832.2718374  National Bank of Egypt, El Thawra St. Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 5927. Mit Geldautomat.(30° 35′ 33″ N32° 16′ 18″ O)last change: not specified

Gas stations

Eine 30.59067432.2712826 Tankstelle befindet sich in der Ahmed Orabi St., südlich der Saad Zaghlul St., auf der östliche Straßenseite.

Post office

• 30.59354632.271767  Post office, Orabi Sq. (östlich vom Bahnhof). Tel.: 20 (0)64 391 6028, (0)64 392 2598. Geöffnet: Täglich außer freitags 9 bis 16 Uhr.(30° 35′ 37″ N32° 16′ 18″ O)last change: not specified

trips

Nördlich von Ismailia

Weiter nördlich, zwölf Kilometer von Ismailia entfernt, befindet sich die 30.65713932.3339628 El-Firdan-Eisenbahnbrücke(30° 39′ 26″ N32° 20′ 2″ O), auch El-Ferdan-Eisenbahnbrücke, arabisch: ‏كوبري الفردان‎, Kūbrī al-Firdān. Sie ist die längste Eisenbahndrehbrücke der Welt. Sie überspannt den Sueskanal auf einer Länge von 340 Meter. An den 60 Meter hohen Pylonen sind je zwei 13 Meter breite Kragarme befestigt. Einer reicht 170 Meter zum Kanal, der andere 150 Meter auf das Festland. Die heutige Brücke wurde 2001 fertiggestellt. Ihr Vorgänger aus dem Jahr 1963 wurde 1967 im Sechs-Tage-Krieg zerstört.

Südlich von Ismailia

Drei Kilometer südlich von Ismailia befindet sich das 30.56040432.25477629 Panzerschlachtmuseum von Abū ʿAṭwa(30° 33′ 37″ N32° 15′ 17″ O), in dem mit den hier ausgestellten Panzern an die hiesige Panzerschlacht während des Oktoberkrieges (Jom-Kippur-Krieg) 1973 gedacht wird.

Sieben Kilometer südlich von Ismailia befindet sich auf dem Gebel Maryam das 30.545993232.306204430 Denkmal des unbekannten Soldaten(30° 32′ 46″ N32° 18′ 22″ O), auch Denkmal der Verteidigung des Sueskanals, das an die Opfer des Ersten Weltkrieges bzw. der Verteidigungsschlacht von ägyptischen, britischen, französischen und italienischen Streitkräften gegen die türkische Streitmacht von 1915 erinnert. Vor zwei gewaltigen, 40 Meter hohen Pylonen stehen zwei acht Meter hohe und 13 Meter lange geflügelte Engel aus sardinischem Rosengranit, die eine Fackel bzw. einen Olivenzweig halten. Die Passage zwischen den beiden Pylonen repräsentiert den Sueskanal. Der Entwurf wurde 1925 von den Architekten Louis-Jean Hulot (1871–1959), Michel Roux-Spitz (1888–1957) und Jacques Gréber (1882–1962) erarbeitet. Das Denkmal wurde zwischen 1925 und 1930 vom Bildhauer Raymond Delamarre (1890–1986) ausgeführt und am 3. Februar 1930 eingeweiht.

Zwischen Ismailia und Sues befinden sich zudem der 30.322211432.387008731 Große Bittersee, arabisch: ‏البحيرة المرة الكبرى‎, al-Buḥaira al-Murra al-Kubrā, und der 30.226441632.542533932 Kleine Bittersee, ‏البحيرة المرة الصغرى‎, al-Buḥaira al-Murra aṣ-Ṣaghrā, östlich und südöstlich von Fāyid.

literature

Allgemein

• Baer, G.: Ismāʿīliyya. In:Donzel, Emeri Johannes van (Ed.): The Encyclopaedia of Islam : Second Edition ; Bd. 4: Iran - Kha. Leiden: Brill, 1978, ISBN 978-90-04-05745-6 , S. 206.

Architektur

• Piaton, Claudine (Ed.): Ismaïlia : architectures XIXe – XXe siècles. Le Caire: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2008, Bibliothéque générale / Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale ; 34, ISBN 978-2-7247-0522-5 .

museum

• Brandl, Helmut: Ismailia und sein Archäologisches Museum. In:Kemet : das schwarze Land ; Ägypten ; eine Zeitschrift für Ägyptenfreunde, ISSN0943-5972, Bd. 15,4 (2006), S. 52–56.

• Wenzel, Gabriele ; Brandl, Helmut: Ein Kleinod des ägyptischen Historismus : Das archäologische Museum von Ismailia. In:Antike Welt : Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte, ISSN0003-570X, Bd. 48,5 (2017), S. 86–89.

• Porter, Bertha ; Moss, Rosalind L. B.: Lower and Middle Egypt : (Delta and Cairo to Asyûṭ). In:Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs, and paintings; Vol.4. Oxford: Griffith Inst., Ashmolean Museum, 1934, ISBN 978-0-900416-82-8 , S. 1 (el–ʿArisch), 52–55; PDF.

• Naville, Edouard: The store-city of Pithom and the route of the Exodus. London: Trübner, 1888 (3. Auflage), Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund / Egypt Exploration Society ; 1. Insbesondere S. 1–5, Tafeln 1–12

• Clédat, Jean: Notes sur l’Isthme de Suez. In:Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l’archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes (RecTrav), Bd. 31 (1909), S. 113–120; Bd. 32 (1910) 193–202; Bd. 36 (1914) 103–112; Bd. 37 (1915) 33–40.

Web links

• Das Ismailia-Museum, Projekt Museen im Nildelta
• Ismailia, Alain Guilleux
• Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Individual evidence