City of a Thousand Minarets

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City of a Thousand Minarets is a poetic epithet for Cairo, highlighting its dense skyline of historic mosques and Islamic architecture.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf poetic epithet
appliesTo Cairo
associatedWithCity Cairo
associatedWithCountry Egypt
associatedWithRegion Middle East
associatedWithReligion Islam
denotesFeature Islamic monuments
dense concentration of minarets
historic mosques
describes Cairo
evokes architectural richness of Cairo
religious heritage of Cairo
spiritual atmosphere of Cairo
hasAlternativeNameForCity Cairo
hasCharacteristic emphasizes large number of minarets
hasCulturalContext Islamic Cairo
historic Cairo
hasLanguage English
hasParticularFocusOn Cairo’s historic center
Cairo’s mosque skyline
hasTheme Islamic architecture
mosques
urban skyline
refersTo Cairo
timePeriodOfOrigin modern era
usedFor literary description of Cairo
touristic promotion of Cairo
usedIn journalism
popular culture
travel literature

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cairo
nickname

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