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