旧开罗（阿拉伯语：Masr al-Qadima），是开罗南部一个广阔的区域，从花园城的南界一直延伸到通常被称为科普特开罗的区域。

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圣乔治教堂

旧开罗是开罗科普特基督徒社区的所在地。科普特东正教教会声称其历史可以追溯到公元42年的使徒马可，因此自称是世界上最古老的基督教派。

尽管大多数埃及人在12世纪皈依了伊斯兰教，但该教会却在几个世纪的迫害中幸存下来，不仅来自像法蒂玛王朝这样敌视的穆斯林统治者，也来自十字军，他们视科普特人为异端。如今，埃及约有1200万科普特人，但旧开罗狭窄的巷道仍然给人一种与城市其他地区隔离开来的岛屿的感觉。

游客欢迎参观科普特教堂，即使在礼拜期间。礼拜现在大多使用阿拉伯语。科普特人使用儒略历，因此圣诞节在1月7日，复活节日期可能不同。

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乘坐地铁

乘坐地铁是进入该地区的最佳方式。1 Mar Girgis站位于开罗地铁1号线，就在科普特开罗区外。从市中心的塔赫里尔广场乘坐地铁往南，“方向赫勒万”；返回时沿“方向马尔格”线。票价为2埃镑，列车每几分钟一班。

从车站向东出口，是步行街Mar Girgis街。科普特博物馆就在您正前方，悬空教堂在右边100米处（往南）。往左（往北）走200米，就是科普特区其他主要景点入口，但您很容易错过：它看起来像通往地下室的小楼梯，从街道向下延伸。实际上，它通往一系列小巷——大多数教堂和犹太会堂都在这里，标识清晰。

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旧开罗地图

阿姆鲁·伊本·阿斯清真寺

• 1 阿姆鲁·伊本·阿斯清真寺, Midan Amr ibn al-As (off Sharia Mar Girgis, walking distance from Mar Girgis metro station). Open daily to non-Muslims, with the exception of prayer time. The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As was built (in Fustat) in 642, as Cairo's first mosque, following the Arab conquest of Egypt. It has been rebuilt several times, and most of what you see now is from the 18th century or later.  
• 2 埃及文明国家博物馆. Daily 9AM-5PM. Presents Egypt’s history from prehistory to the present, with galleries arranged both chronologically—from the Early Dynastic to the Contemporary period—and thematically around topics such as the Nile, writing, state and society, material culture, and beliefs. Officially inaugurated in 2021, it includes the celebrated Royal Mummies Hall and continues to expand as collections are transferred from the Egyptian Museum and elsewhere. LE550 (students LE300). (updated Oct 2025)
• 3 埃及地质博物馆 (المتحف الجيولوجي المصري). (updated Aug 2024)
• 4 乌姆·库尔苏姆博物馆 (متحف أم كلثوم). Located in the Monastirli Palace built in 1851, this museum is dedicated to Umm Kulthum, the famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. (updated Aug 2024)

科普特开罗

• 5 巴比伦要塞 (Religious Complex) (entrance to all sights except for the Coptic Museum and the Hanging Church is about 150 m left of the entrance to the Coptic Museum via a lower staircase). Established by the Roman emperor Trajan, at the entrance of the former canal to the Red Sea, it became a fulcrum of the Roman occupation. Not long after the fall of the Empire, some of the very first Coptic landmarks were built upon its foundations. No admission except for the Coptic Museum.  

• 6 科普特博物馆, Sharia Mar Girgis (The entrance is directly in front of the metro exit.), ☏ +20 2 2363 9742. Daily 9AM-5PM. Established in 1908 and restored in 2015 to a high standard, the museum houses Coptic art and artifacts from Late Antiquity, from the late Roman empire through to the Islamic era and beyond. The presentation is clear in English, French and Arabic with generally well thought-out lighting. The display of mainly stone architectural fragments on the ground floor shows the development of the early fusion between Christian and Egyptian symbolism. They also demonstrate that the early Christian era was much cruder in its use of stone than its Pharaonic ancestors. Several frescoes from the early monasteries are displayed. The tapestries and embroideries on the second floor illustrate more homely but highly developed arts. The building itself is a treat, with elaborate wooden screens called mashrabiyya on the windows and ornately carved wooden arabesque ceilings. admission LE100, photo permit LE50. (updated Nov 2018)
• 7 悬空教堂 (St. Maria Church, Arabic: Kineeset al-Muallaqa), Sharia Mar Girgis (the entrance is about 100 m to the right from the Coptic Museum). This church was built in 690, upon two bastions of the Roman fortress. Its nave is suspended over a passageway. Its wooden roof is supposedly shaped like Noah's ark. Free. (updated Jan 2018)
• 8 圣乔治教堂和修道院 (Agios Georgios, Mar Girgis), Mar Girgis St. Church: daily 9AM-5PM (the monastery is not open to the public). The Church of St. George dates to the 10th century or earlier, but was re-built in the early 20th century after a fire in 1904. Although it's sited in the Coptic quarter and gives its name Mar Girgis to the neighbourhood, it's not a Coptic church, but Greek Orthodox, as a sign at the entrance testily points out. (The Greek lettering is the clue.) Indeed it's the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria: their offices are here but not open to tourists. Unlike the basilica design of most early churches, St George's has an unusual circular ground floor plan (as seen in the photograph), perhaps because it was built over circular Roman ramparts. The remains of bygone Patriarchs can be found downstairs in the church crypt, while out in the cemetery is another Greek Orthodox Church, that of the Dormition of the Virgin. The Festival (or saint's day - "moulid") of St George is celebrated annually here on 23 April. Free. (updated Jan 2018)
• 9 圣塞尔吉乌斯和圣巴克斯教堂 (Abu Serga) (Down steps from Mar Girgis St into alley). Daily 9AM-4PM. One of the oldest churches in Cairo, named for two early Roman martyrs, the interior is remarkable and distinctive. The basilica nave is decorated by 12 columns - 11 white marble and one red granite - and a beautiful iconostasis. It's built over a cavern where, supposedly, the holy family of Mary and Joseph reared the infant Jesus after their flight from Herod into Egypt. The cavern is usually accessible but has sometimes been flooded by groundwater. St Bacchus saint-day and the flight into Egypt are celebrated annually here on 1 June. (updated Jan 2018)
• 10 本·以斯拉犹太会堂 (El-Geniza). Daily 9AM-4PM. Egypt's oldest surviving synagogue, dating to the 9th century and housed in the shell of a 4th-century church; restored in the 12th century and continually through to the 20th century. Charming interior but it's most famed for the Geniza Documents, discovered in the basement in 1890. Religious teaching was that old documents may not be discarded or destroyed if they contain the name of God, but reverentially buried. "Geniza" means storeroom and here lay a fabulous archive from the 11th to 13th century, some written by Maimonides, who lived nearby. Cairo's 80,000 Jewish population of a century ago has dwindled to a handful, so Ben Ezra is no longer in use as a synagogue. That means it remains open to visit on Fridays and Saturdays. Free, donations welcome. (updated Jan 2018)
• 11 圣巴巴拉教堂 (in the alley near Ben Ezra). Basilica style, multiple restorations from 5th to 20th centuries, its main interest is the collection of icons and relics. (updated Jan 2018)

• 12 圣母教堂 (كنيسة السيدة العذراء في بابليون الدرج). Coptic church built in the 11th century. (updated Aug 2024)

罗达岛

• 13 尼罗尺 (south end of Rhoda Island (Sharia el-Malek as-Salah) on the Umm Khultum Museum complex). closes at 4PM. Dating back to 861, the Nilometer is a large stone obelisk, now inside a small building, that was used to measure the level of the Nile was measured and therefore the tax rates for the farmers fixed. The Nilometer became obsolete when the Aswan Dam was built. While this may not sound particular specular, the interior of the small building is surprisingly beautiful. It reminds of the endless staircase by graphic artist M.C. Escher and is an archaeological gem, whose stairs you can climb down if acrophobia is not your issue. LE40. (updated Nov 2018)

活动

• S.S. Nile Peking (Dinner cruise), Corniche el-Nil (near the El Malek El Saleh Bridge, opposite Ministerly Palace), ☏ +20 2 25199726. Cruises at 8-10:30PM on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 3-5:30PM Friday; also open when not cruising for dining along the riverside.. It's said that this is the boat from Agatha Christie's famous novel "Death on the Nile". The boat features a dining room, where set menus are served, the Shanghai Pub, and a deck from which to watch the Nile. 

购物

在地铁站附近的Mar Girgis街有许多小商店，出售陶器和其他手工艺品。

餐饮

马尔吉尔吉斯街 (Mar Girgis St) 两旁的小咖啡馆有些过于商业化，但它们有厕所。穿过地铁轨道到西边，可以找到更地道的廉价美食。

住宿

• 1 Grand Nile Tower, Corniche El Nil，Garden City, ☏ +20 2 23651234.