No. 37 of 200 · Famous Cities
Old Cairo and the Citadel
Pictures by Photoglob Co.
Old Cairo rises toward the Citadel in this hand-coloured photochrom from around 1895, with the dome and slender minarets of the Muhammad Ali Mosque on the skyline. Finished in 1848, the mosque is still one of the most recognizable sights in the city, and inside an old map of Cairo spreads along the Nile. For a traveller, or anyone who loves Cairo.
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Cairo · Photochrom / Old Cairo and the Citadel / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / The domes and slender minarets of the Muhammad Ali Mosque crown the Citadel above old Cairo. Finished in 1848, it is still one of the most recognizable sights on the city's skyline.
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