Saladin Citadel of Cairo
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din al-Ayubi in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers.
- 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)”, “Citadelle du Caire”, “Ciutadella de Saladí”, “Mohamed Ali Citadel”, “Qal‘at Şalāḩ ad Dīn al Ayyūbī”, “Qal`at Salah ad Din al Ayyubi”, “Qàlat Salah-ad-Din al-Ayyubí”, “Qalʻah (Cairo, Egypt)”, “Qalʻat al-Jabal (Cairo, Egypt)”, “Saladin’s Citadel of Cairo”, “Salah El Din Citadel”, “The Citadel”, “The Saladin Citadel of Cairo”, “Zitadelle des Saladin”, “Дворец Саладина”, “Крепость Саладина”, “Крепость Салах ад-Дина”, “Цитадела в Кайро”, “Цитадель Саладина”, “قلعة القاهرة”, “قلعة القاهره”, “قلعه صلاح الدين الأيوبي”, “قەڵای ئەییووبی”, “قەڵای سەلاحەدین”, “قەڵای قاهیرە”, “قەڵای محەممەد عەلی پاشا”, and “シタデル”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: The Carriage Museum and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.
The Carriage Museum
Museum
Photo: Amr F.Nagy, Public domain.Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque
Al-Rifa’i Mosque
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
- Categories: fortification, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Saladin Citadel of Cairo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
- Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين الايوبي”
- Arabic: “قلعة صلاح الدين”
- Asturian: “Ciudadela d’El Cairu”
- Basque: “Kairoko zitadela”
- Belarusian: “Каірская цытадэль”
- Bulgarian: “Цитадела на Саладин”
- Catalan: “Ciutadella del Caire”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای سەڵاحەددینی ئەییووبی”
- 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”
- Esperanto: “Kaira Citadelo”
- Finnish: “Saladinin linnoitus”
- French: “citadelle de Saladin”
- French: “Citadelle de 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”
- 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: “Каирская цитадель”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Hataba and Al Mahgar.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Burg Al-Safa and Burg Al-Elwa.
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