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The Citadel of Saladinby ~Mgsblade

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What you see here is the main Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. Built by Saladin and constantly upgraded throughout the Centuries, the mosque in the center was built by Muhammad Ali (one of the most resent powerful rulers of Egypt, almost defeated the ottomans at one point).

When Muhammad Ali wanted to consolidate his power in Egypt, he invited all the Mamluk emirs (leaders) who had rose to power under the Ottomans to the Citadel for dinner, and then killed them all. It is said that only one Mamluk emir survived by jumping off the Citadel parapet with his horse. The horse didn't make it of course, but he did.

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This picture is apart of my Egyptian Campaign visit my main page to see what else i did and took pictures of.

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~thefreewolf Apr 25, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

nice shot

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Saladin castle one of the most amazing place i ve ever visited in egypt..

~Mgsblade Apr 26, 2008 Photographer

I loved all of Cairo, like they say, it gets into your blood! although I really didn't like the inside of the mosque in the citadel- it was too western!

~thefreewolf Apr 26, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

im from cairo....
the mosque is so great from inside , u knowe the drawing in the wall its so pretty, beside there r many places in the castle to like the ploice museum and the millitary museum.....and there r a jail on the castle it was used for along time...

~Mgsblade Apr 26, 2008 Photographer

I noticed you are from there

, I really like the citadel because it looks like classical Arabic style, but inside the grand mosque it looks like a palace from France!!

The meusieum is beutiful as well as the other smaller mosque!

I wish visit again one day!

~kairra Mar 1, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Another one of my favourites, Saladin's story fascinates me and to see where he once lived is even better. From the angle you have taken it from it looks like you could have been there at the time of it all, even with all the modernisation

You have such a talent my friend

~Mgsblade Mar 2, 2008 Photographer

Thank you very much, actually i have allot to add to this particular description, I was telling a fellow member about the grand mosque that you can see in this shot - it was renovated sometime in the last century by Muhammad Ali (one of Egypt's recent and most powerful rulers) and the grand mosque was completely rebuilt in a French renaissance style (which i completely and utterly disliked), and thus thousands of years of architectural and urban history down the drain in one of Egypt's most visible landmarks!

I like to laugh and see it as the first step in submission to the good old classic European Imperialism - The loss of identity and the copying the cool crowd

~kairra Mar 2, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Thats totally wrong, the french never managed to bring that much of their decor to the middle east as they spent so long either dying or fighting. There were only a couple of buildings they actually took over, and their dress custom was more to fit in with the occupants of the country than their own styles. There is no reason for a Mosque to have French style because Mosques have nothing to do with the french.

Its like when they take old castle ruins or old buildings here, and turn them into discos or hotels, then use that as a selling ppint. They ruin th building (or what was left of it), and wipe out lot of decent evenidence of our ancestors, then they claim it's 'authentic'. Blahblah.

~MeoImperium Jul 1, 2007

Very.. exotic ^^ Great photo.

~necrosus Jun 30, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Awesome! I've never seen anything like it.

~Mgsblade Jun 30, 2007 Photographer

thanks

, i still have like 15 more shots to upload from Egypt

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