Saladin Citadel of Cairo

The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers.
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Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Cairo Citadel”, “Citadel of Cairo”, “Citadel of the Mountain (Cairo, Egypt)”, “Mohamed Ali Citadel”, “Qal‘at Şalāḩ ad Dīn al Ayyūbī”, “Qal`at Salah ad Din al Ayyubi”, “Qalʻah (Cairo, Egypt)”, “Qalʻat al-Jabal (Cairo, Egypt)”, “Saladin’s Citadel of Cairo”, “Salah El Din Citadel”, “The Citadel”, and “The Saladin Citadel of Cairo”
Photo: Yasser.mahmoud, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Carriage Museum and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.

Museum
Photo: Amr F.Nagy, Public domain.
The Royal Carriages Museum is located in in Cairo, Egypt. There is a smaller satellite museum at the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt, in front of Suleiman Pasha Mosque that contains a small collection of carriages on loan from the Boulaq museum. is situated 140 metres east of Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Mosque
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The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental and madrasa located in in the of , . It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. is situated 650 metres northwest of Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Mosque
Photo: Kik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a located in , adjacent to the Citadel, in , . Its name is derived from the Ali Abu Shubbak who is buried in the mosque. is situated 620 metres northwest of Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Saladin Citadel of Cairo

Latitude
30.02933° or 30° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.26212° or 31° 15′ 44″ east
Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27H6+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24908286
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7913721
Wiki­data ID
Q1988240
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Saladin Citadel of Cairo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة الجبل”
  • Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
  • Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين الايوبي”
  • Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين”
  • Arabic: “قلعه صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
  • Asturian: “Ciudadela d’El Cairu”
  • Basque: “Kairoko zitadela”
  • Belarusian: “Каірская цытадэль”
  • Bulgarian: “Цитадела в Кайро”
  • Bulgarian: “Цитадела на Саладин”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella de Saladí”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella del Caire”
  • Catalan: “Qàlat Salah-ad-Din al-Ayyubí”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای ئەییووبی”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای سەلاحەدین”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای سەڵاحەددینی ئەییووبی”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای قاهیرە”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای محەممەد عەلی پاشا”
  • Chinese: “开罗大城堡区”
  • Chinese: “萨拉丁城堡”
  • Chinese: “開羅城堡”
  • Chinese: “開羅大城堡區”
  • Coptic: “ⲧⲭⲁⲗⲁ”
  • Dutch: “Cairo Citadel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة الجبل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة القاهرة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة القاهره”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين”
  • Esperanto: “Kaira Citadelo”
  • Finnish: “Saladinin linnoitus”
  • French: “citadelle de Saladin”
  • French: “Citadelle de Saladin”
  • French: “Citadelle du Caire”
  • German: “Zitadelle des Saladin”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Kairo”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Saladin”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Salah al-Din”
  • German: “Zitadelle”
  • Greek: “Ακρόπολη Καΐρου”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת קהיר”
  • Hindi: “क़ाहिरा क़िला”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Salahuddin (kairo)”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Salahuddin”
  • Irish: “Dúnfort Chaireo”
  • Italian: “Cittadella del Cairo”
  • Japanese: “サラーフッディーン城”
  • Japanese: “シタデル”
  • Korean: “살라 엘 딘 시타델(카이로 성채)”
  • Korean: “카이로 성채”
  • Kurdish: “Keleha Selahedîn”
  • Lithuanian: “Kairo citadelė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Citadellet”
  • Norwegian: “Citadellet”
  • Persian: “قلعه صلاح‌الدین”
  • Polish: “Cytadela Kairska”
  • Portuguese: “Cidadela do Cairo”
  • Romanian: “Citadela din Cairo”
  • Russian: “Дворец Саладина”
  • Russian: “Каирская цитадель”
  • Russian: “Крепость Саладина”
  • Russian: “Крепость Салах ад-Дина”
  • Russian: “Цитадель Саладина”
  • Slovenian: “Kairska citadela”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de El Cairo”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela”
  • Swedish: “Kairo citadell”
  • Swedish: “Kairos citadell”
  • Tamil: “கெய்ரோ கோட்டை”
  • Turkish: “Kahire Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبی”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبی”

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