Egypt · Building
Al-Azhar Mosque and University, Cairo
Sunni Islam's teaching heart for a millennium - the Fatimid mosque of 972 whose five minarets crown Islamic…
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Cairo
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Egypt · Building
Al-Sayyida Nafisa Mosque
A 9th-century mosque and mausoleum in Islamic Cairo's Northern Cemetery, honoring an Islamic saint descended from Prophet Muhammad,…
Egypt
Bank Misr Building, Cairo
When Talaat Harb founded Bank Misr in 1920 — the first bank owned entirely by Egyptians — he…
Egypt · Palace
Baron Empain Palace, Heliopolis
Baron Empain Palace is one of the most extraordinary private residences ever built in Africa: a full-scale recreation…
Egypt · City
Cairo — Heliopolis, the Baron’s Palace and Belle Époque Downtown
Two European-built quarters frame Cairo's early-twentieth-century ambitions: a desert garden suburb crowned by a Hindu-temple palace, and a…
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Egypt · Monument
Cairo Citadel — Egypt – Virtual Tour 360°
Founded by Saladin in 1176, the Cairo Citadel was Egypt's seat of power for seven centuries and remains…
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Marcel Dourgnon’s 1902 Beaux-Arts palace on Tahrir Square holds more than 120,000 objects from ancient Egypt — and…
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Egypt · Building
Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay
A masterwork of late Mamluk architecture (1470–1474), this funerary complex in Cairo's Northern Cemetery combines a mosque, mausoleum,…
Egypt · Building
Fustat
The first capital of Muslim Egypt, founded in 641, Fustat flourished for five centuries before its deliberate destruction…
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