inside the Aqsunqur Mosque (The Blue Mosque),the old heart of islamic cairo, Darb al –Ahmar (the red road), cairo , egypt

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During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the heart of Islamic Cairo shifted south to an area called Darb al –Ahmar (the red road), to the south and east of Bab Zuweila (Zuweila Gate). Many great Mamluk Monuments are found in the zone especially in Bab al-Wazir Street (Gate of the Minister) which is the main street leading to the northern side of the Citadel.

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Location: Al Ghuriyya(al ghariya), Islamic Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Photo credit: © paul christoforou / Alamy / Afripics
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