[2025 Cairo Attraction] Travel Guide for Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan (Updated May)

Attraction: Mosque of Sultan Hassan Location: El-Darb El-Ahmar, El Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt Direction: Walk/Taxi The Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, is a famous and beautiful architecture from the 14th century. It has impressive architecture and is loved by locals and tourists. The mosque consists of an open courtyard with fountain in its centre. With its tall towers and lovely interior, it's a must-visit place for people interested in Cairo's history and Islamic culture. Tickets are 120LE for non Muslims for visiting. #timetotravel #Egypt #cairo #mosque

Mosque of Sultan Hassan is a popular landmark which you should visit if you are in Cairo. The recommended sightseeing time is half an hour or maximum one hour. It's huge beautiful building with a lot of details which let you experience the golden era back in the days. This is the kind of places you must fell proud to visit and experience it as it’s part of the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Women must be dressed appropriately with no revealing clothes and shoulder should be covered. They close at 4.30pm. #createwithtrip #egypt #cairo

Cairo is the capital of Egypt. It is a magnificent, magnificent city across the Nile. It is the political, economic and commercial center of the entire Middle East. The ancient Egyptians called Cairo "the mother of the city", and the Arabs called her "Kahler", meaning the conqueror or the winner. Walking in Cairo, the mosques everywhere, the distinctive Arab culture, always feel that they have come to another country.

| David Roberts 1840 Same Perspective Guide. "Egypt and Nubia" can be used as a guide for Cairo City Walk. This watercolor album from 180 years ago is a masterpiece. ✓【Camera Position Guide】 ① Sultan Hassan Mosque Four iwans, central fountain Sabil, striped stone decoration Ablaq, a Mamluk architectural masterpiece completed in 1365 ② Bab Zuweila The camera position is north of Bab Zuweila, at the entrance steps of the nearby Al Mu'Ayyad Shaykh Mosque ③ Al Ghouri Mosque-Madrasa Completed in 1504, located between Cairo's carpet and clothing market and Khan Al Khalili market, even the trade goods have not changed ④ Sultan Hassan Mosque The camera position is at the entrance of Al Rifai Mosque, where you can see the densely packed stalactite arches at the entrance of Sultan Hassan Mosque ⑤ Al Ghouri Mosque-Madrasa Four Persian-style iwans surround a beautiful sunken courtyard, with bubble-patterned mosaic tiles different from conventional patterns ⑥ Khan Al Khalili Market A tacky check-in spot in the eyes of tourists from all over the world, but it was the core business district of ancient Cairo, controlling the Nile trade ⑦ Al Hakim Mosque Built in 1013 during the Fatimid dynasty, it has the oldest minaret in Cairo and is a holy site for the Druze and Ismaili sects ⑧ Bab Al Futuh Built in 1087, it is the northern gate of Cairo during the Fatimid dynasty, with circular and rectangular stone arch lines, and the top of the city wall is open ⑨ Midan Salah Ad Din Facing the magnificent Sultan Hassan Mosque, when Roberts sketched in 1840, the Al Rifai Mosque, completed in 1912, did not exist ✓【David Roberts】 David Roberts (1796-1864) Born in Scotland, British painter, Royal Academician He began traveling to Palestine and Egypt in 1838. When he returned to England, his works were engraved by the printmaker Louis Haji and published in six volumes. All 248 engravings were hand-colored: the first three volumes were themed on Egypt and Nubia, and the latter three were travel albums of the Holy Land. Moreover, the works from this Middle Eastern sketching trip were sold in advance before he set off. When he returned to England several years later, they became an instant hit upon publication, earning him the favor of the Royal Academy.

|The four major teachings of Sunniism debate the scriptures in the same room. The Sultan Hassan Mosque Academy, due to its status and influence, is included on the back of the 100 Egyptian pound face value. Monuments: Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan Era: 1356~1363 Address: Midan Salah Ad Din.Cairo Open: 8:00～16:30 Tickets: 120 Egyptian pounds (full admission to Sultan Hassan Mosque) Highlights: The most outstanding early architectural work of the Mamluk Dynasty (1250-1390), covering an area of ​​7,906 square meters, with the tallest minaret in Cairo at 85 meters, the shrine uses old building materials from the Crusader Temple, and 4 spectacular Persian The four major schools of teaching, Shiiwan Gongmen and Sunni, give lectures in the same temple [Minaret] A towering brick hollow minaret is built directly from the wall. The tower is equipped with 8 windows from top to bottom, of which the south tower is 85 meters high (the highest in Cairo). [Zigzag Entrance] The gate is 38 meters high, and then passes through a dark passage with two light wells in the middle, and finally enters the central courtyard with a public fountain. [Zhongye Courtyard] A small pavilion with a length and width of 32x24.6 meters and a cross-section octagonal dome with a marble column in the center. Inside the pavilion is a public washing pool. The inner courtyard is surrounded by tall walls, and there is a road in the center of each side. Large arches that open outwards lead to four lecture halls. [Four Lecture Halls] These four Persian-style arch lecture halls respectively belong to the four major teachings of Sunniism and were taught during the same period of the Mamluk Dynasty: ① Hanafi School: Make good use of flexible analogies and public discussion ② Shafi’i school: using community deliberation to negate school deliberation ③Malik School: Will use scriptures to prove new laws ④Hanbali School: Strictly follow pure scriptures and hadith Among them, the largest East Lecture Hall covers an area of ​​898 square meters. The two small doors on the background wall of the shrine lead directly to the Mausoleum of Sultan Hassan. [Mihrab] The entire mosque is in the shape of a flat cross. Four Persian-style iwan arches surround the central open-air courtyard. There is an extremely exquisite Mihrab shrine in the arch facing Mecca. It is said that the stones were removed from the Crusader Temple. Recycled. [Sultan Hassan's Tomb] It was built in 1384, the 23rd year after the death of Sultan Hassan. It is decorated with wooden fences, and the two doors are covered with brass and inlaid with gold and silver. The dome of the mausoleum is 48 meters high and the total area is 750 square meters. [Major Engineering Accident] The person in charge of the project, Hassan (the grandson of Karaouen), was deposed not long after he ascended the throne at the age of 13, and then was immediately reset. This happened three times, but he was assassinated shortly after the completion of the project. During the construction, the minaret collapsed, killing more than 300 onlookers. At that time, people predicted that the sultan's rule was coming to an end. Unexpectedly, he was assassinated by his own army commander a month after the accident.