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The street front of Al-Azhar Mosque with its domes and Mamluk minarets under a blue sky.
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Al-Azhar Mosque

Al-Azhar Mosque in historic Cairo was founded by the Fatimids in 970 and dedicated in 972 as the first mosque of their new capital. It became a centre of Sunni learning from which Al-Azhar University grew. Enlarged over a thousand years, it combines Fatimid arcades around a marble courtyard with Mamluk and Ottoman minarets and gates. Visitors enter outside prayer times.

Nearby

Khan el-Khalili

street

Al-Hussein Mosque

religious building

Al-Muizz Street

street

Bab Zuwayla

monument

Al-Azhar Park

park

Museum of Islamic Art

museum

Al-Hakim Mosque

religious building

Abdeen Palace

palace

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