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Downtown Cairo battles to keep its cosmopolitan heritage alive

China Daily | Updated: 2019-04-03 06:54

CAIRO - Downtown Cairo, with its old European-designed buildings, is wrestling to preserve its cultural heritage as Egypt readies a new capital in the desert.

A stroll through the district takes pedestrians past buildings that meld Islamic and European motifs, neoclassical columns and ornate decorations.

But its elegance and prestige are fading, as the one-way streets and former palaces fall into ruin and shops selling cheap clothes and odds and ends have moved in.

Downtown Cairo battles to keep its cosmopolitan heritage alive

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