UNESCO WHS - Historic Cairo - Cairo Necropolis Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - World Heritage Sites in Eqypt - Historic Cairo - Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun, The Citadel Area, The Fatimid Nucleus of Cairo, Necropolis - القاهرة الإسلاميّة - Cairo Necropolis (City of the Death) - القرافة‎ - Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century. The Cairo Necropolis or City of the Dead, is a series of Islamic-era necropolises and cemeteries on the edges of Historic Cairo. The necropolis that makes up "the City of the Dead" has been developed over many centuries and contains both the graves of Cairo's common population as well as the elaborate mausoleums of many of its historical rulers. Name: Historic Cairo Site: Cairo Necropolis (City of the Death) Country: Eqypt Location: Cairo Governorate Inscription: 1979 Category: Cultural (i)(v)(vi) Unesco Ref: 89-002 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the site.