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Half Day Citadel
& Mohamed Ali Mosque. |
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The Citadel of Cairo was built by a lieutenant of the Ayyubid ruler Salah
al-Din between 1176-1183 as a royal residence and military barracks.
Over the course of its long history as the seat of government for the rulers of
Egypt from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the Citadel has been
reorganized and enlarged in six major stages. |
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Among its extant monuments, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, indicates the rich
chronological and stylistic spectrum of architecture at the Citadel.
Maximum duration of the tour 3 hours with transfers. |
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