Cairo — Architecture — Bruno Balestrini

Bab al- Futuh, also called "The gate of fortune"

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

View from the north

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House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Inner courtyard and maq'ad

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House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Clerestory and dome over the durqa'a

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House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

The later classic islamic architecture of Egypt: Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Great Mosque of Baybars

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

North-west portal

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Great Mosque of Baybars

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Detail of portal

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Great Mosque of Baybars

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Eastern corner of the prayer hall

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Great Mosque of Baybars

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

South-west side

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Citadel of Salah al- Din

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

View from above

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Madrasa of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Qibla iwan, façade

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Madrasa of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Qibla iwan, interior

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Madrasa and tomb of Salih Negm ad-Din

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Façade

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Madrasa and tomb of Salih Negm ad-Din

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Detail of portal

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Madrasa and tomb of Salih Negm ad-Din

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Detail of the muqarnas of the dome

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

North-eastern ziyada

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Sahn

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Interior, view of the mihrab and the minbar

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Interior

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Mosque of al-Azhar

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Prayer hall, stucco decoration of an arcade of the north transept

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Mosque of al-Azhar

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Prayer hall, mihrab aisle

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Mosque of al-Azhar

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Dome in the transept

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Mosque of al-Hakim

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Qibla aisle, looking north-east

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Mosque of al-Hakim

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Monumental entrance

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Mosque of al-Hakim

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Mihrab aisle, from the sahn

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Mosque of al-Salih Tala'i

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Entrance portico

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Mosque of al-Salih Tala'i

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Sahn

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Mosque of al-Aqmar

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Detail of the muqarnas on the facade

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Mosque of al-Aqmar

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Street façade

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Tomb of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Courtyard façade

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Tomb of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Interior

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Tomb of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Drum of the dome

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Tomb of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Mihrab

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Tomb of Sultan Qala'un

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Tomb and minaret in the Suq al-Nahhasin

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Exterior from the southeast

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Portal

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Qa'it Bey

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Exterior from the northeast

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Qa'it Bey

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Sahn

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Qa'it Bey

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Roof of the sahn, restored

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Tomb and Madrasa of Sultan Qa'it Bey

Islamic Architecture — Egypt

Dome

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