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Cairo is a majestic Egyptian city of contrasts. The centuries-old history intertwines here with modern trends. A city – a fairy tale, a city – an antiquity. At it it is a lot of secrets and many names.

Arabs name the Egyptian capital Misr. Under asphalt of its roads lay the Greek-Roman Babylon, ancient Fustat and medieval Katai. When in 967 year Fatimidy have grasped Egypt, they have put in pawn new capital to the north from Fustata and named its Ale-kahira. – «A city of victories». Cairo dynasties Fatimidov name a city from east fairy tale, which UNESCO has included in the List of the world heritage.

But olden time here do not admire, in it simply live! And Alladina – it suits a city of the Ali-woman and draws. Many fairy tales from «One thousand and one night» originate here, in these streets. They were told by vagrant actors before the gathered crowd. And, stopping on the most interesting place, they collected money from listeners before to continue.

Cairo

As history and culture monuments, having visited here it is necessary to visit a mosque, which here nearby 300. Here only the Sajidina-ale-hussejn where one of Islam relics – a head of the great-grandson of prophet Mohammed Hussein is stored, to women to enter into the main mosque of Cairo it will not turn out – restriction there operates. Well, it is necessary to reconcile – traditions of this country are unshakable. But all other mosques are opened for all comers. To read completely »