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Preferred term

Cairo (EGY), Qaṣr al-Sham'ah  

Entry terms

  • Cairo (EGY), Babylon
  • Cairo (EGY), DAYR MERI GIRGHIS
  • Cairo (EGY), DEIR MERI GIRGHIS
  • Cairo (EGY), Fortress of Babylon
  • Cairo (EGY), FORTRESS OF THE BEACON
  • Cairo (EGY), KASR ESH-SHEMMAH
  • Cairo (EGY), QASR EL-SHAMA
  • Cairo (EGY), ROMAN FORTRESS OF BABYLON

Scope note

  • Assyrian or Persian fortress; called Babylon of Egypt by the Romans; later called Qasr al-Sham'ah, etc.; precinct now contains several churches, synagogue, Greek monastery of S. George, Coptic monastery of S. George, cemeteries, Coptic Museum.

Notation

  • 59790

In other languages

  • French

  • Le Caire (EGY), Babylone
  • Le Caire (EGY), DAYR MERI GIRGHIS
  • Le Caire (EGY), DEIR MERI GIRGHIS
  • Le Caire (EGY), Forteresse de Babylone
  • Le Caire (EGY), FORTERESSE ROMAINE DE BABYLONE
  • Le Caire (EGY), KASR ESH-SHEMMAH
  • Le Caire (EGY), QASR EL-SHAMA

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/BQ7-PBPRW8FW-V

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