{"center":{"lat":"30.043669","lng":"31.238552"},"id":17348,"visited":false,"current_place":{"icon":"https:\/\/theplacesihavebeen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/tpihb\/markers\/marker.site_brutalism.2.off.png","name":"Library of the Greek Campus, American University of Cairo"}}

Brutalism Library of the Greek Campus, American University of Cairo

LEAST CONCERNED Educational

Architects

Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Direct me
Keep track of the places you have been, log in.
Atlas Obscura 2020
7.44km
Citadel of Saladin

Discover Citadel of Saladin in Cairo, Egypt: The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Atlas Obscura 2019
4.35km
The Hanging Church

Discover The Hanging Church in Cairo, Egypt: Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

World Heritage Site 1979
2.28km
Historic Cairo

Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world’s oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age …

Place
0.29km
Cairo
Atlas Obscura 2017
19.28km
The World’s Oldest Pyramid

The ancient Pyramid of Djoser is often overshadowed by Egypt's most famous monuments.

World Heritage Site 1979
12.84km
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Place
4.45km
Giza
Atlas Obscura 2018
10.04km
Baron Empain Palace

Discover Baron Empain Palace in El-Montaza, Egypt: Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

Atlas Obscura 2018
1.07km
Cairo’s Unique Andalusian Garden

A preserved oasis with traditional architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

Post 2020
0.36km
In Cairo, Artists Use Pixels, Cyborgs, and More to Examine Technology and Belief
Atlas Obscura 2017
4.28km
Nilometer: This Ancient Instrument Measured the Waters of the Nile

The nilometer was invented about 5,000 years so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.