Rhoda Island
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Nile branch between Rhoda Island and Old Cairo.
The Rhoda Island Nilometer, and island in the Nile.
Rhoda Island or Rawdah Island, (Arabic: جزيرة الروضة, Gezīret er-Rōdah and Al Manyal ar-Rawdah), is an island located on the Nile in central Cairo. [1]
The El-Manial District, and the Al-Manyal Palace Museum and gardens, are located on the island. It is west of historic Old Cairo, across a small branch of the Nile. The island has one of the oldest Islamic buildings in Egypt, the Nilometer on its southern tip. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/rawdah.htm Touregypt: Rawdah Island; accessed 02-28-2011
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- The Al-Manyal Palace Museum and gardens
- (German) Wikivoyage.org: Rōḍa - on Wikivoyage.org
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