Tahrir Square

Tahrir Square (Midan El-Tahrir) is not just Cairo`s main square but its geographical, historical, and symbolic center. Created in the mid-19th century according to the plans of Khedive Ismail Pasha, who dreamed of turning Cairo into a "Paris on the Nile," it was originally named "Ismailia Square." It received its modern name—"Tahrir", meaning "Liberation"—in the 1950s, symbolizing a new era in Egypt`s history.