Greater Cairo
Cairo Citadel
قلعة صلاح الدين
Salah al-Din's fortress, seat of Egypt's rulers for seven centuries, crowned by the Mosque of Muhammad Ali.
Salah al-Din began the Citadel on a spur of the Muqattam hills in the 1170s, and it remained the seat of Egypt's rulers for about seven centuries. Its skyline is dominated by the Ottoman-style Mosque of Muhammad Ali, completed in the nineteenth century, while the older Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad and several museums stand inside the walls. Terraces look out across the domes and minarets of Historic Cairo.
Part of the UNESCO World Heritage property “Historic Cairo”
Highlights
- The Mosque of Muhammad Ali
- The Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun
- City views from the terraces
Good to know
- Combine with the Sultan Hassan and al-Rifa'i mosques just below.
Ways to experience it:Historical & archaeologicalReligious heritage & the Holy Family
- Suggested visit
- Half day
- Coordinates
- 30.0294°N, 31.2614°E (approximate)
- Status
- Editorial draft · unverified
- Sources
- Text checked against these sources on 2026-11-05.
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