Cairo Citadel

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The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين‎ ) is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Cairo. It is sometimes referred to as Mohamed Ali Citadel (Arabic: قلعة محمد علي‎ ), because it contains the mosque of Mohamed Ali, which was built almost 7 centuries later. The location, part of the Mokattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city, and was fortified by Saladin between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect it from the Crusaders. The Citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdin Palace in the Ismailiya neighborhood in the 1860s.

Cairo Citadel at night
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Cairo Citadel at night

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