The best tourist destination: Citadel of Salah al-Din and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha

Citadel of Saladin in Cairo, Egypt. Built by Saladin in the period 1176 until 1183, using prisoners of Norman. He said to Muhammad Ali mosque. Was the seat of power in Egypt since the days of Saladin (1183) until the transfer of Khedive Ismail, the seat of government to Abdeen Palace, which was built for this purpose in the contract of 1860. Citadel of Salah al-Din is located in the neighborhood of the castle - the successor - has been erected on one of the hills are separated from the cliffs on the outskirts of Cairo.

The Citadel of Salah al-Din in Cairo of the most prestigious military fortresses built in the Middle Ages, Muhammad Ali mosque inside a strategic first-class as provided by this site of the importance of the defensive because it controls the cities of Cairo and Fustat, as it constitutes a natural barrier up between the two cities as it is on this site can provide connectivity between the castle and the city in the state of siege as they will become the last bastion of a sit-in case if the city fell to the enemy.

Castle towering over this lot and many of the historical events which saw the walls of different historical events during the Ayyubid and Mamluk eras and time of the French campaign on Egypt in 1798, and even took over the rule of Mohammed Ali Pasha, Egypt, where he brought her prosperity and greatness. The Sultan al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub first thought of building a castle on a hill voice in in 572 AH / 1176, where his minister Bahauddin Karakus Assadi demolition of mosques and tombs that were on the sound so that is building a castle out where workers carved the rock and create a trench artificially separation of the cliffs for the sound increase in the vulnerability and strength.

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Mohammed Ali Mosque inside the Citadel of Salah al-Din

* Door Mokattam

This section was known as Bab Mokattam to draw close to Mokattam Tower, which dates to the Ottoman era as defined by this section as the door of the mountain to its supervision on the door of the cliffs As it is now known as the gate of Salah Salem.

The bridge section at a time, and was a rectangular opening worked in a wall is too thick in the direction of the south tower Mokattam has been added to this section the year 1200 AH / 1785 wall with battlements is due to the time of Muhammad was Pasha, who built this place was empty that time exclusively with what followed from the facilities and there was this door to a plaque bearing a foundational text in Turkish Pasha was the name and date of construction of the palace door and the year 1200 AH / 1785 lost now.

When he took Muhammad Ali Pasha, the government and has done renovations to the castle has paved the way from the door of the mountain to his castle Moqattam and add slide rising to the top of the cliffs and the length of this road about 650 meters, but now has been split this way and made the path of Salah Salem Road Railway Misr Helwan and road traffic accidents .

We have lost the features of this Ababa was also demolished a large part of the fence and Cravat, which was topped as the demolition of a large part of the stairs, which was to reach the top of the fence north tower Mokattam when building a road, Salah Salem in 1955 and opened the door the current which enters from the castle on the Salah Salem and next to the door, which was built by Mohammed Pasha, this has the Supreme Council of Antiquities to re-open this door to fit with the historical and cultural position.

* The new door

Began Mohamed Ali Pasha in building the new chapter year 1242 AH / 1827, to be used instead of the door the runway and that the door is GP of the castle established by the Nasser Salah al-Din year 579 AH / 1183 has seen Muhammad Ali Pasha, that both of the door the runway and the door of Janissaries, not suitable for the passage of vehicles and guns with He built a calf instead of the new door and paved the way to facilitate the steep ascent to the castle and down this road and is known today as the new door or street railway quarry.

The door of the new facets major first, a North, overlooking the street door the new railway quarry is located on the western side of Archives of old book box castle and the door of the Janissaries and the length of this interface is 15.50 meters and a height variable, ranging between 16 meters to 20 meters and contain this interface on a number of architectural details distinct and adorned with a block entrance surmounted by a plaque written inside the line area leading on the floor of the branches of plants, "O deoppilant doors" and the bottom of this write cartouches wrote inside "Racmh Abdul Ghaffar" and is located in the Kosty block the entrance medallion circular diameter of 123 centimeters decorated Dakhha symbols of the Egyptian army and units and the various weapons in the era of Mohamed Ali Pasha.

* Section Wastani

Differed in the naming of this section Balostany while said Casanova, in his book 1894, the Cairo citadel, fortress of the mountain he named Balostany because it mediates Aldioanin big Balhouc Royal and two Court of Qaitbay, the Court of Al-Ghouri, some researchers that he knew Balostany because it separates the vestibule of the castle GP Maritime - new section - and the yard which is located the Mosque al-Nasir Muhammad and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha was known of the tower as Burj drum due to incidence next to the House of Justice established by Baybars and neglected her during the reign of Mansur Qalawun that the new architecture his son Nasir Muhammad Ben Qalawun not to be a house of justice, but to be drummers and named Tbelkhana so-called Tower of the tower as drum major for being close to Tabkhanh. The Muhammad Ali Pasha, the renewal of this section and the wall that surrounds it, although it is not known to date to renew the door Wastani due to the lack of foundation text or a plaque by it is likely that he has Btgadh year 1242 AH / 1826, upon renewal of the door of the few next to the door Wastani in terms East.

* The door of the castle

He knew the inner door of the gate tower Qkulah few, this was a door separating the Citadel or the city fortified military in the north and the Royal Castle and the city in the south but now it is known as the gate of the Military Museum.

Many believed that the citadel of Saladin is a castle of Muhammad Ali Pasha, but it is true that the castle was built by Saladin The mosque is built by Mohamed Ali Pasha in 1830 and continued for several years to build so-called Mosque of Mohammed Ali.
There are buried inside the mosque where the tomb of Mohammed Ali Pasha at his request and is located on the south side inside the mosque. I will write him a visit on its own because he deserves Mallk

Visiting hours:
From 8 am until four-thirty pm
Admission: discovered by yourself, but very low not exceeding two pounds.

Suggested time: less than 3 hours Xi Ptkhalsunha not all, because the War Museum and National Museum of the Police and the Palace of hospitality.
Do not forget to wear your hat to protect you from the scorching sun
The walls of the castle from the outside
Citadel of Salah al-Din

Citadel of Salah al-Din is located in the neighborhood of "castle" - the successor - has been erected on one of the hills are separated from the cliffs on the outskirts of the city of Cairo

The Citadel of Salah al-Din in Cairo of the most prestigious military fortresses built in the Middle Ages, Muhammad Ali mosque inside a strategic first-class as provided by this site of the importance of the defensive because it controls the cities of Cairo and Fustat, as it constitutes a natural barrier up between the two cities and that this site could provide connectivity between the castle and the city in a state of siege as they will become the last bastion of the sit-in case if the city fell to the enemy

It has been this castle towering lot and many of the historical events which saw the walls of historic events during different times Ayyubid, Mamluk and the time of the French campaign on Egypt in 1798, and even took Muhammad Ali Pasha ruled Egypt, at which her prosperity and greatness has been Sultan al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub first the thought of building a castle on a hill voice in in 572 AH / 1176, where his minister Bahauddin Karakus Assadi demolition of mosques and tombs, which was located on the sound so that is building a castle out where workers carved the rock and create a trench artificially separate the cliffs of the sound increase in the vulnerability and strength

Was mentioned by historians about the reason for building the castle that Sultan Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub what removed the Fatimid dynasty of Egypt and was stoked about it did not turn from the House ministry in Cairo was still afraid of the same Shiite Fatimid caliph in Egypt and King just Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn ad-Sultan al-Sham First he refrained of Nur al-Din that the conduct of his brother King holy sun state Turan Shah ibn Ayyub in nine years and sixty-five hundred to the country of Yemen becomes a kingdom Tasmh of Nur al-Din he seized Shams State kingdoms of Yemen and enough God Salah al-Din is Noureddine and died in that year Fajla him the air and security of his part and I like to make for himself a stronghold in Egypt, it was divided between the two palaces, and brought them to the princes

It is said that the reason that prompted him to choose the Citadel he commented meat Cairo altering its color by day and night by saying the flesh of another animal in the position of the castle did not change until after two days and nights he ordered, then create a castle there, built on the architecture Prince Bahauddin Karakus Assadi He started in the building and built a fence Cairo Zadeh in years two and seventy five hundred and demolition Ahram young, which was in Giza, to Egypt and were too numerous and the transfer of what is found out of stone and built by the fence surrounding the Cairo and the Citadel, and barrages of Giza, and in order to make the fence surrounding the Cairo Citadel, Egypt died Sultan before the end of
the fence and Castle
Anne Castle has become a major tourist destination and important parts of it were converted into museums, where a large includes four museums are:
1 - Jewel Palace Museum
2 - Military Museum
3 - Museum Alrkaúb property
4 - the park museum

A beautiful garden under the castle walls ... In the main entrance

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Near the main entrance where they were planting, paving the way and provide convenience for tourists

The main entrance of the castle from the outside ... Frankly, that the state treat the Arabs like the Egyptians in the treatment of ticketsAs the ticket to the citizen of Egyptian and Arab foreign ten pounds and the price of the ticket at 50 Egyptian pounds