Overview
Situated on a famous historic place in Cairo, Al-Muizz li Din Allah Street, near Al-Qalawun Complex. Al-Aqmar mosque is one of the only remaining Fatimid mosques in Cairo. The most prominent of its distinctive features is its western façade, among the oldest stone facades, decorated in this rich varied style, in Islamic architecture in Egypt. The name of the mosque means moonlit in Arabic, in reference to the way its walls shimmer in the moonlight.
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