🇪🇬 Egypt
16 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Abdeen Palace, 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Cairo Citadel — #158 of 8,134 worldwide — 3 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Babylon Fortress, founded c. 300.
Every one of them stands in Egypt — the country page shows the full national picture.
3 km south-east · Fortress · #158 worldwide
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt.
1 km east · Palace & château
Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century Cairo palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's…
4 km south · Ruin
Babylon Fortress is an ancient Roman fortress on the eastern bank of the Nile Delta, located in the area known today as Old Cairo or Coptic Cairo.
10 km north-east · Palace & château
The Baron Empain Palace, also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo,…
2 km east · Fortress
Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt.
9 km north-east · Palace & château
The Heliopolis Palace is one of the five Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Abdeen Palace, Koubbeh Palace, Montaza Palace…
2 km south · Palace & château
The Manial Palace and Museum is a former Alawiyya dynasty era palace and grounds on Rhoda Island on the Nile.
3 km north-east · Fortress
Bab al-Futuh is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the old city of Cairo, Egypt. It is located at the northern end of al-Mu'izz Street.
3 km east · Fortress
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
4 km north-east · Palace & château
Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace is a palace in the al-Zahir district of Cairo, Egypt.
3 km south-east · Palace & château
Al-Gawhara Palace, also known as Bijou Palace, is a palace and museum in Cairo, Egypt.
2 km north-west · Palace & château
The Gezirah Palace was one of the Egyptian royal palaces of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.
+ 4 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q85.
The Castlemap atlas maps 16 landmarks (4 fortresses · 11 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Cairo, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Abdeen Palace, a palace 1 km east of the city centre.
Cairo Citadel, ranked #158 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 3 km south-east from Cairo.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Babylon Fortress, founded c. 300 — 4 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
