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Cairo, Governorate Al-Qahirah: Al-Qalaa (Citadel) Al-Nasr Mohammed Ibn-Qalawun Mosque Bahri Mamluk Dynasty (1250-1382) 1318-1335, Ŧ Al-Nasr Muhammed (1293-94, 1299-1340) |
Comments: The building has two (only one seen on the photograph) unique, corkscrew minarets with bulbous finials, covered with faïence tiles in a fashion more Persian than Egyptian. Seen through the arched gate of the Police Museum built on the place of the Lion's Tower. |
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