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The world’s second biggest suburb, Giza is
situated on the Nile`s West bank, at about 20 kilometers from
the Cairo South West, this city belonging to the Egypt’s
capital, Cairo. The Giza plateau is the home of the world’s most
important ancient monuments that include the Pyramids of Giza,
the Sphinx, other significant temples and pyramids, as well as
some royal tombs (the Pharaoh Djet tomb and the Pharaoh Ninetjer
tomb are only two of them) and sacred constructions. There have
been many changes in Giza’s infrastructure during the time; in
the 19th and 20th centuries there were made streets, buildings,
and roads. Today Giza represents a very important cultural
centre and touristic city for Egypt. The modern Giza has two
universities: Academy of the Arabic Language and University of
Cairo, numerous luxury buildings and an industry of cigarettes,
chemicals, movies and machinery, night clubs, restaurants. The
Egypt Giza is a very visited city by numerous tourists who come
here to see the Solar Barque Museum with its solar boat found in
the Pharaoh's tomb, the pyramids, from which the most important
are Great Pyramid of Khufu (also know as the Pyramid of Cheops),
Pyramid of Khafre, the Sphinx. Other touristic attractions are
represented by the Temple of the Sphinx and some tombs of nobles
and pyramids of queens. In Giza are many fast foods for those
that prefer the West’s food, hotels and an Indian restaurant.
The city used to have an airport too but it was closed and on
that place now are cultural activities and sportive activities.
People who want to come to Giza by airplane can take airplanes
that alight on the Cairo's airport. From Cairo to Giza you can
travel by metro, by bus and by taxi. |
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