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 Pictures of Cairo - Egypt: Pyramids, Mosques, Palaces, Museums. Pyrmids of Khefren, Keops, Great Sphinx, Saqqarah...

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	The Al Azhar Mosque-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The Qaitbay Entrance was built in 1469 and has a minaret built atop. Inside is a large courtyard surrounded with porticos supported by over three hundred marble columns of ancient origin. To the east is the prayer hall which is larger than the courtyard and has several rows of columns.
	The Al Azhar Mosque-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Architecturally, the mosque is a palimpsest of all styles and influences that have passed through Egypt. There are five very fine minarets with small balconies and intricately carved columns.
	The Blue Mosque-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The name "Blue Mosque" for the Aqsunqur Mosque derives from its floral tile work on the qibla wall, tiled from floor to ceiling in beautiful blue colored tiles in the style of ceramics manufacture in Iznik in Turkey, although the quality suggests they are provincial imitations possibly from Damascus.
	The Funerary Complex of Al Ghuri-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The funerary complex of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri (1503-1504) includes a Friday (congregational) madrasa-mosque, a khanqah (Sufi shrine), a mausoleum and a sabil-kuttab (public drinking fountain and school).
	The Funerary Complex of Al Ghuri-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: There is a central sunken and open courtyard surrounded by four iwans. The two largest of the iwans have Moorish arches, while the smaller two have raised arches.
	The Funerary Complex of Al Ghuri-Cairo-Egypt Author: A.Páez Text: Within, there is distinctive polychrome marble dados, flagging laid in geometric patterns and gilt and painted wood paneling.
	The Funerary Complex of Al Ghuri-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The western facade of this complex has a trilobed stalactite portal and a minaret projecting at its south edge.
	Ibn Tulun Mosque-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Completed in 879 AD, it reflects all the characteristic features of Abbasid architecture and was obviously influenced by the famous Samarra mosque in Iraq.
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