Al Aqmar Mosque

Al aqmar mosque in Al Moez street known as Khan al khalili area

Aqmar mosque is a mosque Alqahrh alfatmaya, there is this mosque in Street alnhacen was built by the son of the minister Almaamon Abataihy by order of the Kaliph Ahkam allah Abu Ali Mansour year 519 AH (1125 AD), the first mosque in Cairo has an entrance with a unique engineered design. Says Almqrizi that the mosque was built in the place of one of the monasteries which were called the well of greatness, because they contain the bones of some martyrs of the Copts. And called the mosque of that name because of the color of white stones that resemble the color of the moon.