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Rooftop cote (gheya)

الغيّة

Also called: العشة، البرج

The Egyptian folk name for a rooftop pigeon house, usually built of wood and wire — one of the oldest forms of pigeon keeping in Cairo and the Delta.

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Rooftop cote (gheya) — Pigeon glossary — Ghuzar