Al Ghuri Mosque

With White Bird Travel you will know about Al-Ghouri Mosque it is the mosque that no one pray in it, it is also located at Al-Moez Street. It contains with a complex building Khanqah, Mausoleum, Sabil, Kuttab and Public Bath. It was built in 1504 by the Sultan Qansuah Al-Ghouri in the Mamluk era. Discover more about the Sultan, he was assumed the throne in 1501 during the Burji dynasty

 

The mosque was originally built of stone, the eastern side includes the elevator gate, it is reached via a staircase with shops underneath it. This shape is called the Hanging Mosque, and the eastern façade faces the shrine and the Book Road as well. 

 

You get the best opportunity to see the greatness of the best decoration of the buildings while you walking in Al- Moez Street with its attractive Mamluk milestones. In addition, you will enjoy views of the main facade of the funeral complex, clad in rectangular panels, including various forms, with joy. There are also Byzantine and Coptic-style crowns in the columns of the mosque, where Islamic designs were used in the mosque by Mamluk artisans by the Stone Age.
 

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