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El-Gendi Fortress
The El-Gendi Fortress ( ar, قلعة الجندي) is located in the southern portion of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Originally constructed at the behest of Saladin in 1183 AD, the large fortress includes defensive towers, mosques, residential structures, and the additional defensive fortification of ditches surrounding the site. The fortress is being considered for inclusion in the World Heritage list of sites with "outstanding universal value" to the world. World Heritage Status This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on November 1, 1994 in the Cultural category. Notes References El-Gendi Fortress - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-04. {{Castles in Egypt Castles in Egypt Forts in Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa. Sinai has a land area of about (6 percent of Egypt's total area) and a population of approximately 600,000 people. Administratively, the vast majority of the area of the Sinai Peninsula is divided into two Governorates of Egypt, governorates: the South Sinai Governorate and the North Sinai Governorate. Three other governorates span the Suez Canal, crossing into African Egypt: Suez Governorate on the southern end of the Suez Canal, Ismailia Governorate in the center, and Port Said Governorate in the north. In the classical era the region was known as Arabia Petraea. The peninsula acquired the name Sinai in modern times due to the assumption that a mountain near Saint Catherine's Monastery is the Biblical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
