Citadel of Saladin

Citadel of Saladin

Islamic monuments in Egypt that have the luster and beauty and striking deep into the history of the Egyptian Islamic

Saladin proceeded in the construction of the castle above the cliffs in the position he was known air dome. But he did not complete it in his life. But completed by Sultan bin full fair. Was first inhabited by King is a full house and taken to the king.

And continued so until the reign of Mohamed Ali.

 And I've demolition Salahuddin some pyramids small in Giza, and used its stones to build the castle and the fence around Cairo, and use a family of the Franks in the building and has begun to build a castle year 572 approaches / 1176, and has been in the reign of King full year 614 approaches.

 Is the Saladin Citadel in Cairo plush castles warships constructed in the Middle Ages Vemoqaha strategic first-class offering this site of the importance of defense because it controls the cities of Cairo and Fustat, as it constitutes a natural barrier up between the two cities as it is on this site can provide connectivity between castle and the city in a state of siege as they will become the last bastion of a sit-in case if the city fell to the enemy.

Over these many majestic castle and many of the historical events which saw the walls of different historical events through the ages Ayyubid, Mamluk and the time of the French campaign on Egypt in the year 1798, and even took Muhammad Ali Pasha ruled Egypt since restored her prosperity and greatness.

Sultan Nasser Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub first thought of building a castle on a hill sound in 572 AH / 1176, where the vizier Bahauddin Karakus Assadi demolition of mosques and tombs that were present on the sound in order to building a castle out where workers carved the rock and creating a trench artificially separation of the cliffs about an increase in the voice and power of invulnerability.