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Sultan Hassan Mosque

Sultan Hassan Mosque and Rifai Mosque in Cairo. View from the Citadel.

 

"Gâmi' Sultân Hasan, the 'superb mosque', and the finest existing monument of Egypto-Arabian architecture. It was built in 1356-59 for Sultan Hasan, perhaps by a Syrian architect, and has been restored by Herz-Pasha. The huge proportions of the building, which occupies a shelving rock below the citadel, taken in conjunction with the masterly execution of its details, produce an effect of great majesty".--Baedeker 1914

 

Kodacolor C127 negative. Camera: Imperial Mark 27.

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Uploaded on September 7, 2007
Taken in August 1963