Museum · Cairo
6th of October Panorama
A museum and memorial in Heliopolis commemorating the 1973 October War with immersive three-dimensional murals.
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The October War Panorama is a museum and memorial to the 1973 war, located in Heliopolis, Cairo. It was inaugurated on 5 October 1989 by former president Hosni Mubarak and covers about 7.5 feddans. The building is a cylindrical, fort-like structure in an Islamic architectural style, built with partial help from North Korean architects. It is run by the Egyptian National Military Museums Department, and paintings of Egypt's major battles line its inner walls.
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- The building is cylindrical and fort-like, in an Islamic architectural style.
- A rotating circular platform lets visitors view three-dimensional mural paintings of the October battle.
- Aircraft and tanks used in the war are displayed at the entrance.