Pictures from Bab as-Zuwayla and Darb al-Ahmar. Bab az-Zuwayla is one of the three remaining gates in the old Fatimid walls, and has been restored so you can climb the (76) steps to the platform where the sultan used to watch parades from. Then you can climb another outrageous number of steps up the minaret. The views of Cairo...on a clear day, would be amazing. Darb al-Ahmar is a neighborhood and a street with a number of monuments on it. It was a very popular neighborhood during the Mamluk and Mohammed Ali Pasha times, as it is at the foot of the Citadel.
This is in a mosque which had the unusual feature of the main prayer area being walled off by mashrabiya screen. I loved the cat.
This mosque was actually one of the messiest I have seen--about 2/3 of it had stuff piled inside it and it wasn't as clean. However, it seems like more of a community gathering place as there were groups of people sitting and chatting in various places, mostly older.
This is the courtyard in the center of the mosque with the fountain which is in not such good repair.
These are the stairs inside the minaret on the Bab. The space was not quite 6' across diameter, and the stairs were narrow and tight and very high.
Sorry about the blur, but I was excited to see this sign! It was deep in the neighborhood, far from any of the political areas.
From the platform on the Bab, you could see this mosque which was outside the city walls, but was built by the Fatimids. The porch in front is a unique feature.
Mosque next to the Bab whose name I don't recall. The dome area is a burial site for someone, and the decorations in the main prayer area are very elegant.
View from the top of the mosque above
This is in a mosque which had the unusual feature of the main prayer area being walled off by mashrabiya screen. I loved the cat.
This mosque was actually one of the messiest I have seen--about 2/3 of it had stuff piled inside it and it wasn't as clean. However, it seems like more of a community gathering place as there were groups of people sitting and chatting in various places, mostly older.
This is the courtyard in the center of the mosque with the fountain which is in not such good repair.
These are the stairs inside the minaret on the Bab. The space was not quite 6' across diameter, and the stairs were narrow and tight and very high.
Sorry about the blur, but I was excited to see this sign! It was deep in the neighborhood, far from any of the political areas.
From the platform on the Bab, you could see this mosque which was outside the city walls, but was built by the Fatimids. The porch in front is a unique feature.
Mosque next to the Bab whose name I don't recall. The dome area is a burial site for someone, and the decorations in the main prayer area are very elegant.
View from the top of the mosque above
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so beautiful - it looks that there must be a wonderful variety of sound there...
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