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Photo Gallery Cairo
Galería de Fotos El Cairo

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

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	The Gayer Anderson Museum-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Impressing Mashrabeya screens in the terrace roof of the Gayer Anderson Museum. Mashrabeya use wood patterns to spell out important Islamic phrases such as shahada (Muslim declaration of belief).
	The Gayer Anderson Museum-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The bedroom of Gayer Anderson a big red bed with wooden posts all about it and a canopy, designed by Gayer Anderson in a Persian style.
	The Gayer Anderson Museum-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The summer Salamlek room, consisting of two sofas opposite each other in a well decorated balcony that overlooks the open air hall. In the middle there are beautiful brass tables with Quran and Islamic decorations.
	The Gayer Anderson Museum-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The big celebration hall. In the middle of the room is a nice fountain.
	The author of the gallery in the Gayer Anderson Museum-Cairo-Egypt Author: P.Santaolalla Text: I on the terrace roof of the Gayer's Museum, with fine views to Ibn Tulun Mosque.
	View from Hyatt Hotel-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: This luxury hotel in the Corniche offers wondefurl views of the Pyramids and the Nile River.
	The Madrasa and Mausoleum of Al Nasir Muhammad-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: This madrasa and mausoleum, built in 1295 by one of Sultan Qala'un's five sons, al-Nasir Muhammad, has the first cruciform design in Cairo. The Gothic style entrance was pillaged from a 13th century church of St John of Acre during the crusades.
	Madrasa Khanqah of Sultan Al Zahir Barquq-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The octagonal minaret has solid overlapping roundels, column-supported galleries and a copper finial. The original dome next to the minaret collapsed in the nineteenth century. The present dome's surface is plain with a cornice of stalactites at its base.
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