Abbassia
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| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
Abbassia (Arabic: العباسية) is a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo is located in Abbassia.
History
In the Second World War, during which Egypt was the scene of heavy fighting, the United Kingdom located its Royal Armoured Corps School in Abbassia.[citation needed] In September 1941, an Italian Air Force plane bombed a British Army depot in Abbassia.[1]
The Cathedral of Saint Mark in Abbassia was the site of the 2012 funeral for Coptic Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, attracting more that two million mourners from around the world.[2] A queue of over one kilometer in length formed to view the body of the pope, and a crush resulted, killing 3 and injuring 137 mourners.[3][4]
During the continued 2012 protests of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, Abbassia was the scene of confrontation between protesters and armed gangs.[5]
References
- ↑ Richard Overy, (Penguin, 2013) The Bombers And The Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940-1945, p. 333
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