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The Citadel

A selection of pictures of the Citadel, a fortified area on top of a hill in Cairo, which has been home to Egypt's rulers for some 700 years. Saladin began fortifying the Citadel in 1176. The Mohammed Ali mosque was built between 1830 and 1848.


01 Citadel	02 Citadel


03 Citadel tower	04 Citadel tower	05 Mohammed Ali mosque	06 Mohammed Ali mosque	07 Mohammed Ali mosque


08 Minaret	09 Mohammed Ali mosque inner court	10 Mohammed Ali mosque inner court	11 Mohammed Ali mosque inner court	12 Cupola


13 Mohammed Ali mosque interior	14 Cupola	15 Mohammed Ali mosque interior	16 Cupola

17 Cupola

Other Cairo galleries: Views and Panoramas ▪ Islamic Cairo ▪ Egyptian National Museum ▪ Central Cairo ▪ Cairo Mosques ▪ Giza pyramids ▪ Memphis

Categories: Islamic architecture ▪ Fortresses ▪ Mosques

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