Al-Azhar Mosque: (969-72) The royal congregational mosque of al-Qahira, founded in 969 and dedicated in 972, it evolved to become the religious center of Egypt and the most celebrated theological college in the Islamic world.

 

View of the main facade of the mosque with, from left to right, the minarets of the madrasa al-Aqbughawiyya, of Qaytbay, and of al-Ghuri.
   
A view from the courtyard of the mosque showing the northern and western porticos and the three mamluk minarets and the dome of the madrasa al-Aqbughawiyya.
   
The original mihrab of the mosque discovered in 1930's.
   
 

 

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