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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (310 feet)
- 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”“Qalʻah (Cairo, Egypt)”“Qalʻat al-Jabal (Cairo, Egypt)”“Saladin’s Citadel of Cairo”“Salah El Din Citadel”“The Citadel”“The Saladin Citadel of Cairo”
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620 metres northwest of Saladin Citadel of Cairo
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
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Latitude
30.02933° or 30° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
31.26212° or 31° 15′ 44″ east
Open location code
8G2H27H6+PR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Saladin Citadel of Cairo” goes by many names.
قلعة الجبلArabic
قلعة صلاح الدينArabic
قلعة صلاح الدين الايوبيArabic
قلعه صلاح الدين الأيوبيArabic
Ciudadela d’El CairuAsturian
Kairoko zitadelaBasque
Каірская цытадэльBelarusian
Цитадела в КайроBulgarian
Цитадела на СаладинBulgarian
Ciutadella de SaladíCatalan
Ciutadella del CaireCatalan
Qàlat Salah-ad-Din al-AyyubíCatalan
قەڵای ئەییووبیCentral Kurdish
قەڵای سەلاحەدینCentral Kurdish
قەڵای سەڵاحەددینی ئەییووبیCentral Kurdish
قەڵای قاهیرەCentral Kurdish
قەڵای محەممەد عەلی پاشاCentral Kurdish
开罗大城堡区Chinese
萨拉丁城堡Chinese
開羅城堡Chinese
開羅大城堡區Chinese
ⲧⲭⲁⲗⲁCoptic
Cairo CitadelDutch
قلعة الجبلEgyptian Arabic
قلعة القاهرةEgyptian Arabic
قلعة القاهرهEgyptian Arabic
قلعة صلاح الدينEgyptian Arabic
Kaira CitadeloEsperanto
Saladinin linnoitusFinnish
Ακρόπολη ΚαΐρουGreek
מצודת קהירHebrew
क़ाहिरा क़िलाHindi
Benteng SalahuddinIndonesian
Benteng Salahuddin (kairo)Indonesian
Dúnfort ChaireoIrish
Cittadella del CairoItalian
サラーフッディーン城Japanese
シタデルJapanese
살라 엘 딘 시타델(카이로 성채)Korean
카이로 성채Korean
Keleha SelahedînKurdish
Kairo citadelėLithuanian
CitadelletNorwegian
CitadelletNorwegian Bokmål
قلعه صلاح‌الدینPersian
Cytadela KairskaPolish
Citadela din CairoRomanian
Дворец СаладинаRussian
Каирская цитадельRussian
Крепость СаладинаRussian
Крепость Салах ад-ДинаRussian
Цитадель СаладинаRussian
Kairska citadelaSlovenian
Kairo citadellSwedish
Kairos citadellSwedish
கெய்ரோ கோட்டைTamil
Kahire KalesiTurkish
ЦитадельUkrainian
قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبیUrdu
قلعہ صلاح الدین ایوبیWestern Panjabi
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