Cairo
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Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and
Cairo Opera House, Al Hurriyah Park and the Nile river
Cairo "Egyptian Museum" panoramio
The Cairo Tower
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Al-Azhar Mosque
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Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the
Main courtyard of the mosque
The courtyard of the mosque, dating to the Fatimid period. Above, the minarets date from the Mamluk period. From left to right: the double-finial minaret of Qansuh al-Ghuri, the minaret of Qaytbay, and the minaret of Aqbugha (behind the dome).
The dome above the entrance to the prayer hall, crafted around 1138 under al-Hafiz
Wooden mihrab in the al-Azhar Mosque with dedicatory inscription and inset carved wooden panels, 1125