Mosque of An Nasir Mohammed
Cairo, EGplace
About
Dwarfed by Mohammed Ali’s mosque, this beautiful 1318 mosque is the only Mamluk work that Mohammed Ali didn’t demolish – instead, he used it as a stable. Before that, Ottoman sultan Selim I stripped its interior of its marble, but the old wood ceiling and muqarnas (stalactite-type stone carving used to decorate doorways and window recesses) show up nicely, and the twisted finials of the minarets are interesting for their covering of glazed tiles, something rarely seen in Egypt.
Classic Egypt: Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Luxor’s Legends
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Station: 298n312e · 23.3 km away · 26m
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