Muhammad Ali Mosque
Photos: Olaf Tausch (CC BY 3.0); Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia (CC BY 2.0); Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy (CC BY 2.0); Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0); Alberto-g-rovi (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
About the Site
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali, often called the Alabaster Mosque, crowns the Citadel of Saladin. Built between 1830 and 1848 in the Ottoman style of Istanbul, its domes and slender minarets are a symbol of Cairo's skyline.
The huge prayer hall glows with chandeliers and alabaster panels, and the courtyard holds the clock given by King Louis-Philippe of France in exchange for the obelisk in Paris's Place de la Concorde.
Visiting tips
Visit with the rest of the Citadel and its terrace view over Cairo.
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