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💎 Sultan Qaitbay Mosque, City of the Dead

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Sultan Qaitbay Mosque, City of the Dead

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

A masterpiece of Mamluk architecture with a lace-like carved dome, set among the living necropolis known as the City of the Dead.

Local tip: The dome on the old one-pound note is this one.

⏱️ Time to spend: 1 hour

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