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The history and religious heritage of old Cairo : its fortress, churches, synagogue, and mosque / Gawdat Gabra ... [and others] ; edited by Carolyn Ludwig and Morris Jackson ; photographs by Sherif Sonbol.
Fine Arts Library NA1583 .G32 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabra, Gawdat.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam.
- Judaism.
- Christianity.
- Mosques.
- Synagogues.
- Church buildings.
- Religious architecture.
- Cairo (Egypt)--History.
- Cairo (Egypt).
- Buildings--Egypt--Cairo.
- Buildings.
- Egypt--Cairo.
- Religious architecture--Egypt--Cairo.
- Church buildings--Egypt--Cairo.
- Synagogues--Egypt--Cairo.
- Mosques--Egypt--Cairo.
- Christianity--Egypt--Cairo.
- Judaism--Egypt--Cairo.
- Islam--Egypt--Cairo.
- Cairo (Egypt)--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 31 cm
- Edition:
- Ludwig Publishing edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Preface / Carolyn Ludwig
- Introduction / Gawdat Gabra
- Chronology of events
- Plan of old Cairo / Nicholas Warner
- The fortress of Babylon in old Cairo / Gawdat Gabra
- The Jewish heritage of old Cairo / Stefan C. Reif
- The Christian heritage of old Cairo / Gertrud J.M. van Loon
- The coptic Museum / Gawdat Gabra
- The Islamic heritage of old Cairo / Tarek Swelim.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789774164590
- 9774164598
- OCLC:
- 698331742
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