Mohammed Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt.

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Mohammed Ali Mosque is one of the Cairo's great landmarks with its tall and disproportionately slender minarets. It was begun in 1824 by Mohammed (Mehemet) Ali but completed only in 1857, under his successor Said. The architect was a Greek named Yusuf Boshna from Istanbul, who took as his model the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in that city, itself modeled on the Hagia Sophia.

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Size: 3401px × 5120px
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Photo credit: © theSTudio / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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