Day plan tour in Cairo, Religious historical place to visit if you are located in Cairo Egypt, Islamic and Christian Monuments
The most important Islamic monuments built in the Middle Ages.
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo or the Mountain Castle.
In the name of God the Merciful, ordered the establishment of this magnificent fortress, adjacent to Mahrousa Cairo, which collected the usefulness and improvement of the ability to resort to the shadow of his kingdom and fortified, the King Nasser Salah Eldin, Abu Muzaffar Yusuf bin Ayoub, the state of the faithful in the eyes of his brother and Crown Prince, Adel Saif al-Din Abu Bakr Muhammad Khalil, Commander of the Faithful, by the Emir of his kingdom, and appointed his state, Qarqush Ibn Abdullah, the monarch of Nazareth in the year of seventy-nine and five hundred.
The citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi is called the Castle of the Mountain because it is located on the famous mountain of Egypt known as Mount Mokattam and Mount Mokattam, the edge of the valley known as the Valley of the East in Cairo. Saladin began building this castle, and was completed during the reign of Sultan Kamel ibn al-Adel, and the full was the first inhabitants of this great fortress. This great fortress has many doors, including the door of Mokattam, the new door, the gate of the castle and the middle door.
Saladin began construction of a fortress over Mount Mokattam in a place known as the Dome Air. But he did not complete it in his life. But completed by Sultan Al-Kamel bin Al-Adel. The first king was the king and took it as king's palace. And continued until the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha.
The castle includes many monuments of historical value, including:
Mosques: -
Mohammed Ali Mosque, Al-Nasir Qalawun Mosque, Sulaiman Pasha Al-Khadem Mosque, Ahmet Ktakhda Azban Mosque.
Palaces:
Al-Jawhara Palace, Al-Haram Palace, Al-Ablaq Palace.Museums:
Military Museum, Police Museum.Saint Samaan the Tanner Monastery (St. Samaan Al - Kharraz)
Oldest monasteries In Egypt, which is one of the most beautiful ancient Egyptian monuments because it is Curved in the rocks inside Mount Mokattam,
In the heart of the mountain on an area of about 1000 meters. The monastery consists of 4 churches: the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and St. Simon El-Kharraz, the Church of St. Abraham the Patriarch of Syriac, the Church of St. Mark,
Here is the main website for the Monastery so you can easily find your direction and to know more about it.
St.Samaan Church In Mokattam Mountain website