6th of October Panorama

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The 6th of October War Panorama is a museum and memorial to the 1973 October war, located in Heliopolis, Cairo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yellowpages.com.eg/profile/MTY2MTM1/6th-Of-October-Panorama.html|title=Panorama War of October 1973, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt | Museums & Historical Sites | Egypt Yellow Pages}} Constructed over an area of 7.5 feddans (around 32,000 square metres), it was inaugurated on 5 October 1989 by former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. It was built as a cylindrical fort-like building molded in Islamic architectural style{{cite web|url=http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=1388|title=October War Panorama|publisher=State Information Service|access-date=15 December 2013}} with partial assistance from a group of North Korean architects and is run by the Egyptian National Military Museums Department.

The Panorama

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=Waiting area=

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The visitors are directed to a waiting area until the Panorama is open. The waiting area is an outdoor area with food kiosks and vendors which sell souvenirs.{{Cite web|url=https://egyptindependent.com/egypts-museums-ii-october-war-panorama/|title = Egypt's Museums II: The October War Panorama|date = 6 October 2010}}

=Outdoors display=

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The spacious outdoors display area lies across from the Panorama building. In it are shown military vehicles that were used in the war. These include tanks, aircraft and weaponry that belonged to both Egypt and Israel. The panorama itself also contains many weapons, models and reliefs showing the course of war.

=First hall=

The show, a 15-minute documentary on the war{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/djpinos/panorama-october|title = Panorama October (بانوراما حرب أكتوبر)}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/z2S52bXPnOw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140608235549/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S52bXPnOw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S52bXPnOw| title = 6th of October Panorama | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} starts in the first hall. The film was made in the 1990s. Narration is in 11 languages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rahalat.net/cairo.php?v=0301|title=بانوراما حرب 6 اكتوبر » رحلات مصر}}

=Second hall=

Visitors sit on a rotating platform to view a 360 degree war film featuring Egyptian soldiers storming the Bar-Lev Line on the Suez Canal,{{Cite web |url=http://www.stay.com/cairo/museum/6319/october-war-panorama/ |title=October War Panorama in Cairo - Stay.com |access-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212073143/http://www.stay.com/cairo/museum/6319/october-war-panorama/ |archive-date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} which is documented on a huge mural. There are also 3D figures on the wall while a narrator describes the war. The narration is in Arabic only.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/cairo/attractions/october-war-panorama/a/poi-sig/406176/355225|title = October War Panorama | Cairo, Egypt Attractions}}

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20090522012146/http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/october/english/5.htm
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypts-museums-ii-october-war-panorama

Category:1999 establishments in Egypt

Category:Museums in Cairo

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