Citadel of Qaitbay The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay) is a 15th-century defensive fortress

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Citadel of Qaitbay The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay) is a 15th-century defensive fortress About 1480 AD, the Circassian Mameluke Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay fortified the place as part of his coastal defensive edifices against the Turks, who were threatening Egypt at that time. He built the fortress and placed a mosque inside it. The Citadel continued to function during most of the Mameluke period, the Ottoman period and the Modern period, but after the British bombardment of the city of Alexandria in 1882, it was kept out of the spotlight. It became neglected until the 20th century, when it was restored several times by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities

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Location: Alexandria - Egypt
Photo credit: © Hassan Tamer Hassan / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: history citadel egypt alexandria