Tag: Alabaster Mosque

• The Citadel – Overlooking the City of 1000 Minarets

  

  We returned to Cairo and visited the Citadel, which we had seen many a time while driving around the city. It was built in 1170 CE to defend against the Crusaders by Saladin (a Kurd). There was a second citadel on Pharaoh’s Island. Other rulers also ruled from the citadel; there are 9 mosques in…

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  March 3, 2024

  Egypt/Jordan

  Alabaster Mosque, archeology, Cairo, Citadel, Egypt, Egyptology, Islam