30°01′19.5″N31°13′49″E / 30.022083°N 31.23028°E / 30.022083; 31.23028 (Coordinates of Nile water intake tower)
Founder
al-Nasir Muhammad (and al-Ashraf Khalil)
Built
1311-12 CE (approximate)
Restored
1506-1508
Restored by
Qansuh al-Ghuri
Architectural style(s)
Mamluk
The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr magra al-ʿayyūn)[1] is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt. It was first conceived and built during the Ayyubid period (under Salah ad-Din and his successors) but was later reworked by several Mamluk sultans to expand the provision of water to the Citadel of Cairo. Although no longer functioning today, much of the aqueduct structure, including its water intake tower, the Fumm al-Khalig, still stands.
The CairoCitadelAqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr magra al-ʿayyūn) is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt....
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt...
is the CairoCitadelAqueduct, built during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (from the 12th to 16th centuries) to supply water to the CairoCitadel to the...
Citadel is located east of the city centre around Islamic Cairo, which dates back to the Fatimid era and the foundation of Cairo. While western Cairo...
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his own and excavated Birkat al-Azbakeya, which was fed from the CairoCitadelAqueduct. With the Arab's Gulf always serving as the western boundary of...
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supply systems date back to the city's early history, when aqueducts (such as the Valens Aqueduct) deposited the water in the city's numerous cisterns. At...
remains from the ancient Israelite period include the Siloam Tunnel, an aqueduct built by Judahite king Hezekiah and once containing an ancient Hebrew inscription...
born by this time. In 1889, Governor Brito Capelo opened the gates of an aqueduct which supplied the city with water, a formerly scarce resource, laying...
Cistern of Philoxenos Palace of the Porphyrogenitus Prison of Anemas Valens Aqueduct Church of Saint Thekla of the Palace of Blachernae Church of Myrelaion...
26 June 2010. "18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex". UNESCO World Heritage Centre...
Abu Mena Thebes Cairo Giza Saint Catherine Wadi Al-Hitan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage...
Archaeologists refer to this area by the Greek term temenos or if fortified as a citadel. These spaces historically reflect and amplify the city's centrality and...
Empire and the Mediterranean Basin. The longest Roman aqueduct system, the 250 km (160 mi)-long Aqueduct of Valens was constructed to supply it with water...
types of construction, such as masonry, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs, during the ancient...
describes the first building and arrangement of this city (i. p. 300. 17). The citadel was on Mount Silpius and the city lay mainly on the low ground to the north...
stelae, dolmens, stone circles, monuments, temples, enclosures, cisterns, aqueducts, and lighthouses. Spanning the ancient, medieval and early modern periods...
public fountains and a soup kitchen. In Cairo, Egypt, the Mosque of Suleyman Pasha inside the CairoCitadel is the closest representative of classical...
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