The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Salah ad-Din(Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين‎ Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. It was the seat of government in Egypt and the residence of its rulers for nearly 700 years from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Its location on a promontory of the Mokattam hills near the center of Cairo commands a strategic position overlooking the city and dominating its skyline. At the time of its construction, it was among the most impressive and ambitious military fortification projects of its time.[2] It is now a preserved historic site, including mosques and museums

The main entrance to the Citadel of the Mountain Salah al-DinFrom here, visitors enter the castle, passing through Al-Jawhara Palace, the seat of the rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha, then the Qalawun Mosque and Muhammad Ali Mosque, to the Police Museum and the castle prison.It overlooks Salah Salem Street

Castle of the mountain seemed to be constructed by Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi over Mount Mokattam in Cairo, because his fortress and seat of rule remain, but he is not old. The Sultans of Ayyubid lived in it after the reign of Al-Saleh Ayoub, who moved the seat of government and place of residence with the Mamluks to the island of Al-Rawda, in the middle of the Nile. After the death of Al-Saleh Ayoub and the emergence of the Mamluk state in Egypt, the Citadel of the mountain remained the place of residence and seat of rule of the sultans of Egypt, who expanded in and around Banna in it, especially during the reign of Sultan Qalawun and his sons Al-Ashraf Khalil and Nasser Muhammad. I preferred the castle of the mountain, and it is the castle that Masrawy know in the name of Salah El-Din Castle, the seat of the rulers of Egypt until the era of Muhammad Ali who built us on its campus the Great Mosque known by its name. The Egyptian Military Museum, which displays the military glories of Egypt throughout history, occupies a part of the place now. Castle Castle played a great role in the history of Egypt and the world.

Among the most interesting places in Cairo is the Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Castle, within which the Muhammad Ali Mosque, the Nasser Muhammad Bin Qalawun Mosque, the Military Museum and the Police Museum are scheduled from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon and leave the Arab in the Castle Street, branched from Salah Salem, before Mrs. Aisha Square, an extraordinary pleasure for children, adults and foreign tourists. Greater Cairo and Giza from the top, the tower, and the pyramid

Salah al-den al-ayobis castle

The best place to go ❤