ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE - Pharos University in Alexandria
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE - Pharos University in Alexandria
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE - Pharos University in Alexandria
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The Ayyubid Period :<br />
Monuments :<br />
The Citadel of Cairo: Built by Salah al-<br />
D<strong>in</strong>'s 1176-1183 as a royal residence and<br />
barracks for the troops and reorganized<br />
and enlarged several times <strong>in</strong> the 13th-<br />
14th century. It became the seat of the<br />
sultanate and rema<strong>in</strong>ed the center of<br />
government well <strong>in</strong>to the 19th century. To<br />
this day, it still dom<strong>in</strong>ates the Cairo<br />
skyl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
Dar al-`Adl: The palace of justice, an<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutional build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that appeared under the Ayyubids and<br />
was used by the sultans and their<br />
deputies to publicly judge petitions<br />
submitted by subjects.<br />
I. Salah-al D<strong>in</strong> citadel: walls and towers.<br />
II. Dar al-Adl