Completed in 1848, the Ottoman-style Mohammed Ali Mosque or Alabaster Mosque is more noticeable in each of Cairo, for more than 150 years it has dominated the skyline.
HistoryMuhammad Ali when he took over the Ottoman 'force majeure in the 1800s that all the buildings from the Mamluk castle was destroyed and rebuilt completely.
The castle today is the vision of the appearance of Muhammad Ali Pasha, and especially the mosque that bears his name. It was built between 1824 and 1848, and domes had to be rebuilt in the 1930s.
What to seeThe law prohibits anyone but the Ottoman sultan to build a mosque and minaret, and one or more, but this mosque has two minarets.This was one of the first indicators of Muhammad Ali that he does not intend to remain submissive to Istanbul.
HistoryMuhammad Ali when he took over the Ottoman 'force majeure in the 1800s that all the buildings from the Mamluk castle was destroyed and rebuilt completely.
The castle today is the vision of the appearance of Muhammad Ali Pasha, and especially the mosque that bears his name. It was built between 1824 and 1848, and domes had to be rebuilt in the 1930s.
What to seeThe law prohibits anyone but the Ottoman sultan to build a mosque and minaret, and one or more, but this mosque has two minarets.This was one of the first indicators of Muhammad Ali that he does not intend to remain submissive to Istanbul.
Turkish mosque in the classic style, which reflects the assets the Ottoman Empire. Cascading domes, slender minarets, the constellation of the world hanging lamps, decorative ceiling spacious and recall all the great mosques in Istanbul.
Interior also reflects some of the effects of the French Rococo, and finished with decorative lines of red, green and gold. There are niche scalloped gold and two platforms (platforms): the one faced in marble and the other, more unusual, in the style of modern art.
Muhammad Ali was buried under a monument of white marble on the right of the entrance behind the grill and bronze.
In the courtyard of the ornate clock made by Louis Philippe in exchange for the obelisk that stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It did not work.
Also in the courtyard is a Turkish Baroque ablution fountain, in which The Rough Guide to Egypt describes as "like a giant Easter egg Holiday "....
Interior also reflects some of the effects of the French Rococo, and finished with decorative lines of red, green and gold. There are niche scalloped gold and two platforms (platforms): the one faced in marble and the other, more unusual, in the style of modern art.
Muhammad Ali was buried under a monument of white marble on the right of the entrance behind the grill and bronze.
In the courtyard of the ornate clock made by Louis Philippe in exchange for the obelisk that stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It did not work.
Also in the courtyard is a Turkish Baroque ablution fountain, in which The Rough Guide to Egypt describes as "like a giant Easter egg Holiday "....
