• This petite mosque, the oldest in Egypt with a stone facade, was built in 1125 by one of the last Fatimid caliphs. Several features appear here that…
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  • A mosque whose facade was designed in a different geometric way to be the first mosque built in Cairo in this style. We are talking here about the Al-Aqmar...
  • The Aqmar Mosque, was built in Cairo, Egypt, as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125-6 CE. Mapcarta, the open map.
  • The Mosque of al-Aqmar was built in Cairo in 1125. ... "The Façade of the Aqmar Mosque in the Context of Fatimid Ceremonial."
  • Home Egypt Cairo Governorate Al-Aqmar Mosque. ... The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Historic Cairo.
  • Description; Aqmar Mosque is one of Egypt’s most magnificent Fatimid mosques and the oldest of the country’s remaining tiny mosques.
  • Al-Aqmar mosque is located on Al‑Mo’ez Street, and was commissioned by the Fatimid Caliph Al‑ Amir Bi‑Ahkam Allah in 519 AH / 1125 AD.
  • Al Aqmar mosque is considered one of the first hanging mosques in Egyptian history and was initially built higher than street level, above a shopping area and souk.
  • Your guide will show you the Museum of textiles and the mosque of Al-Aqmar, before seeing, the best example of an old Cairo house.