Luna Park, Cairo

The Cairo Luna Park was a trolley park located in Heliopolis, Egypt. Open from 1911 until early 1915, it was the first Western-style amusement park in Africa and the Middle East. On 19 January 1915, the park’s buildings and grounds were converted into an auxiliary hospital during World War I; the hospital closed on 10 July 1916.

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