Cairo Citadel

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  layout of the Cairo Citadel today
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  view of the Citadel from the southeast. The present-day visitor entrance is up the hill on the right.
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  Citadel near the visitor entrance today. The minarets of the 14th-century Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque can be seen in the background
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  The two easternmost towers, fortified by al-Kamil in 1207: the Burj al-Ramla and the Burj al-Hadid
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  The entrance of the Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad, with a typical Mamluk-era portal
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  The Nile aqueduct that supplied water to the Citadel, largely built in the Mamluk period
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  The Burj al-Muqattam, a tower built by the Ottoman governor Ibrahim Pasha around 1525
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  courtyard of the Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque. The domes and minarets of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali are visible in the background
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  Sulayman Pasha Mosque (16th century)
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  Cross-section of Saladin's well
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  Bab al-'Azab, the northwestern entrance. Although built in 1754 during the Ottoman era, it emulates the Fatimid-era gate of Bab al-Futuh
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  excavated remains of the Qa'a al-Ashrafiyya (Reception hall of al-Ashraf Khalil), on the terrace in front of the modern Police Museum
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  exterior of the al-Gawhara Palace

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  old main entrance

History

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  view from the terrace south of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali: on the left, the corner structure partially exposes the ruins of what may be the lower levels of the former Ablaq Palace
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  ruins of the Great Iwan, as seen in the early 19th century (missing its dome), before it was demolished by Muhammad Ali
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  Egyptian National Military Museum in 1814
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  19th-century sketch of the Eagle of Saladin on the citadel walls. The eagle became the coat of arms of Egypt
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  total view / Gesamtansicht (1880s)