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MOSQUE MOHAMMED ALI
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.2/5
(5 reviews)
Construction of this superb mosque, also known as the Alabaster Mosque, was ...Read more
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SULEIMAN PASHA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
4/5
(2 reviews)
Less well known than the Mohamed-Ali Mosque, this mosque is nonetheless of ...Read more
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EL-GHURI MOSQUE AND PALACE
Cairo
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Facing Muezz el-Din Allah Street, to the west is the Madrasa el-Ghouri ...Read more
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IBN TOULOUN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
This mosque is not only one of the country's oldest, but also its largest ...Read more
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HANGING CHURCH (OR
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(6 reviews)
Built on the site of a Roman temple, the church was enlarged several times, ...Read more
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SAINT SERGIUS CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.6/5
(5 reviews)
This church is of major importance to Christians and Copts alike. The ...Read more
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COPTIC SAINT MARK'S CATHEDRAL
Cairo
Religious buildings
5/5
(1 review)
The Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark was inaugurated in 1968 by ...Read more
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KHANQA OF SULTAN FARAG IBN BARQUQ
Cairo
Mosque to visit
To find Farag Ibn Barquq Street from the Qurqumas Complexes, take the road ...Read more
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EL-NASIR MOHAMMED IBN QALAOUN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The only Mamluk building in the Citadel, this superb mosque was erected in ...Read more
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ESPLANADE OF THE MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(4 reviews)
A number of Mamluk-era buildings were demolished to clear the esplanade and ...Read more
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BEN IZRA SYNAGOGUE
Cairo
Synagogue to visit
3/5
(1 review)
Built in the 12th century on the site of a church (Saint Michael), the ...Read more
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SAINT BARBARA'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
The Coptic Church of St. Barbara is of a structure comparable to that of ...Read more
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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
It is a very old church built in the 10th century which was rebuilt late in ...Read more
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ENTIRE INAL SULTAN
Cairo
Religious buildings
Next to the complex of Qurqumas, is built the complex of Sultan Inal, much ...Read more
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SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Cairo
Religious buildings
This is probably the most beautiful Mamluk ensemble to be found outside the ...Read more
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MADRASAH AND MOSQUE OF SULTAN QATBAY
Cairo
Religious buildings
To get to the madrasa and the mosque of Sultan Qatbay, you first pass a ...Read more
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SULTAN ACHRAF BARSBAY'S KHANQA
Cairo
Mosque to visit
As a reminder, a khanqah was a place that originally housed religious ...Read more
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ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This Mamluk mosque, built in the 14th century, is a small replica of the ...Read more
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MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque built in 1567 by Mahmoud Pacha, the bloodthirsty governor of Cairo, ...Read more
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EL MUSTAHFIZAN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 ...Read more