Al-Azhar Mosque

Cairo Governorate · Egypt

Al-Azhar Mosque, Egypt
Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

Founded in the tenth century, this mosque is one of the oldest in Cairo and home to a renowned center of Islamic learning. Its courtyard and layered minarets reflect centuries of successive architectural additions.

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