Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan.- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Egypt
- Also known as: “Madrasa of sultan Hasan”, “Madrasa Sultan Hasan”, “madrasah al-sulṭān Ḥasan”, “Masjid as Sultan Hasan”, “Masjid as Sulţān Ḩasan”, “Mezquita-madrasa del Sultan Hasan”, “Moschee des Sultan Hasan”, “Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan”, “Mosquee du Sultan Hassan”, “Sultan al-Nasir Hasan”, “Sultan al-Nasser Hassan”, “Sultan an-Nasir Hasan”, “Sultan Hasan-Moschee”, “Sultan Hassan Mosque”, “Umusigiti wa Sultan Hassan”, “Султана Хассан мечеть”, “جامع ومدرسة السلطان حسن”, and “جامع ومدرسة سلطان حسن”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Al-Rifa’i Mosque and Salah Al Din Square.
Salah Al Din Square
Square
Salah al-Din Square, known historically as Al-Rumaila… Salah Al Din Square is situated 130 metres southeast of Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Saladin Citadel of Cairo is situated 650 metres southeast of Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abdin and Sayyidah Zainab District.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt.
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
- Categories: külliye, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.03226° or 30° 1′ 56″ north
Longitude
31.25631° or 31° 15′ 23″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27J4+WG
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدرسة السلطان حسن”
- Arabic: “مسجد السلطان حسن”
- Arabic: “مسجد ومدرسة السلطان الناصر حسن”
- Armenian: “Սուլթան Հասանի մզկիթ”
- Azerbaijani: “Sultan Həsən məscidi”
- Basque: “Hasan sultanaren meskita-madrasa (Kairo)”
- Basque: “Hasan sultanaren meskita-madrasa”
- Bengali: “সুলতান হাসানের মসজিদ মাদ্রাসা”
- Catalan: “Mesquita i madrassa d’Hasan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع السلطان حسن”
- French: “madrasa du sultan Hassan”
- French: “madrasaẗ al-sulṭān Ḥasan”
- French: “Mosquée du sultan Hassan”
- French: “Mosquée-Médersa de Sultan Hassan”
- French: “Gama Soultan Hassen” (historical)
- French: “Gâmaʼ Soultân Hasan” (historical)
- French: “madrasa Hasan” (historical)
- French: “mosquée de Soultan Hasan” (historical)
- French: “mosquée de Sultan Hacen” (historical)
- French: “mosquée du Soultan Haçen” (historical)
- French: “mosquée Hassan” (historical)
- French: “Sultan-Hassan” (historical)
- German: “Sultan-Hasan-Moschee”
- Hausa: “Masallaci-Madrasa na Sultan Hasan”
- Hungarian: “Hasszán szultán mecsete”
- Indonesian: “Masjid-Madrasah Sultan Hasan”
- Japanese: “スルタン・ハッサン・モスク”
- Kashmiri: “مسجد و مدرسہ سلطان حسن”
- Kazakh: “Сұлтан Хасан мешіті”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sulutani Hassan”
- Korean: “술탄 하산 모스크”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Мадреса Султан Хасан”
- Madurese: “Masjid-Madrasah Sultan Hasan”
- Malay: “Masjid Sultan Hassan”
- Persian: “مسجد سلطان حسن”
- Portuguese: “Mesquita do Sultão Hassan”
- Russian: “Мечеть султана Хасана”
- Slovenian: “Medresa-mošeja sultana Hasana”
- Spanish: “Mezquita del Sultán Hasán”
- Spanish: “Mezquita-madrasa del Sultán Hasán”
- Spanish: “Mezquita-Medersa de Sultan Hassan”
- Turkish: “Sultan Hasan Camii ve Medresesi”
- Turkish: “Sultan Hasan Medresesi”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть султана Хасана”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Султана Хассана”
- Urdu: “مسجد و مدرسہ سلطان حسن”
- Uzbek: “Sulton Hasan masjid-madrasasi”
- Uzbek: “Sulton hasan masjidmadrasasi”
- Western Mari: “Султан Хассан мечеть”
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