Gates of Cairo

Cairo, Egypt, in its history has had a significant number of fortified gates protecting both inner and outer city. Apart from the purpose of defense they were also used for differentiation of the varied social and economic classes. Often the gates were heavily decorated as artistic pieces.

Cairo's gates include:

• Bab El Bahr
• Bab El Barkia (1st gate)
• Bab El Barkia (2nd gate)
• Bab El Farag
• Bab El Fetouh
• Bab El Gadid
• Bab El Ghory
• Bab El Husseinia
• Bab El Khalk
• Bab El Khoga
• Bab El Nasr
• Bab El Qantara
• Bab El Qela
• Bab El Shairia
• Bab El Selsela
• Bab El Ser
• Bab El Tawfik
• Bab El Wazir
• Bab Khan El Khalili
• Bab Seada
• Bab Darb El Laban
• Bab Zuweila

Bab is Arabic for fortified gate