Bab an-Nasr

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city gate fortification historic monument

Bab an-Nasr is a monumental fortified gate in historic Cairo, Egypt, renowned as one of the main northern entrances to the medieval city walls.

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Label Occurrences
Bab an-Nasr canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
access pedestrian passage ⓘ
architecturalStyle Fatimid architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Fortifications in Egypt ⓘ
Gates in Cairo ⓘ
Medieval architecture in Egypt ⓘ
constructionType masonry ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
defensiveRole protected northern approaches to Cairo ⓘ
directionFromCityCenter north ⓘ
era medieval period ⓘ
function city gate ⓘ
defensive structure ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
decorative stonework ⓘ
fortified gateway passage ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
massive flanking towers ⓘ
hasViewOf historic streets of Islamic Cairo ⓘ
heritageStatus historic site ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Islamic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInOldQuarter historic Cairo ⓘ
locatedNear Bab al-Futuh NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Hakim Mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn northern wall of Fatimid Cairo ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nameMeaning Gate of Victory NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor monumental fortified design ⓘ
role in Cairo’s medieval defenses ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Cairo city walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fatimid city walls of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Cairo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance important example of Fatimid military architecture ⓘ
major northern entrance of historic Cairo ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction in Cairo ⓘ
urbanContext part of medieval urban fabric of Cairo ⓘ
usedAs northern entrance to medieval Cairo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic Cairo → hasPart → Bab an-Nasr ⓘ
historic Cairo → hasPart → Bab an-Nasr ⓘ
subject surface form: Historic Cairo