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  • Al-Azhar Mosque

  • Al-Azhar Mosque

    Al-Azhar Mosque is a historical mosque located in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 972 AD by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Historic Cairo.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Cairo.
    World Heritage Site
    Al-Azhar Mosque
    by Daniel Mayer, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons
    Al-Azhar Mosque
    by David Stanley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Al-Azhar Mosque
    by Francesco Gasparetti, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Al-Azhar Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo

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    10th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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