Semiramis InterContinental Hotel
| Semiramis InterContinental Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel[1] |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°02′35″N 31°13′57″E / 30.04301°N 31.23252°E |
| Opening | 1988 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 358 ft (109 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32[1] |
Semiramis InterContinental Hotel is a skyscraper and hotel complex located in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. The 32-story building completed in 1987, and houses an InterContinental hotel. The modernist building replaced the historic Semiramis hotel, and contains 726 rooms and suites, restaurants, bars, a cafe, outdoor Nile view terraces, a Spa, a gym, ballrooms, conference and meeting rooms, a shopping arcade and a casino.
History[edit]
During the Second World War, the former Semiramis Hotel served as the headquarters of the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, whose task was to build up the permanent defences at the main port harbours.[2]
In late 1993, American and French tourists were shot dead at the hotel in a terrorist attack.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Semiramis InterContinental Hotel". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ 2 AA Bde War Diary, Middle East, 1941, TNA file WO 169/1560.
- ^ "Egypt in 1993". Britannica. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.