Best places: Mosques in Cairo, Egypt

Cairo's first mosque, commissioned in 970 to develop into a major center for Islamic learning.

Vast mosque & educational institution with unique architectural features & opulent interiors.

Islamic place of worship with a high ceiling, 44 pillars & tombs of Egyptian royals & Iran's Shah.

Airy landmark mosque featuring multiple minarets, a roomy inner courtyard & engraved marble.

Landmark 10th-century mosque with a grand entrance, large inner courtyard with arcades & 2 minarets.

Islamic complex with 4 domes & striking minarets, hosting prayer services & vividly lit at night.

Grand, 19th-century mosque in Cairo's iconic Citadel, lavishly decorated with Islamic motifs.

Sprawling 9th-century mosque featuring a spiral minaret & a courtyard lined with stucco arcades.

Grand city mosque, built in the 12th century, with ornate carvings & inscriptions, plus courtyards.

👍👍 One of the best mosques to pray in or to have other islamic activities. Personally, this is one of the best places to pray tarawih in. Sheihk Ezzat has an amazing voice msahallah. I recommend to try to pray there one night and you wont regret that. Finally dont forget to pray for me and other Muslim...

👍👍 “Al-Moayad is Sheikh” ... the mosque of the imprisoned Sultan The pride of the mosques of the Circassian Mamelukes "Al-Muayyad is Sheikh" ... the mosque of the imprisoned Sultan I wrote: Zakaria Nasif victim July 05 Egyptian Geographic site Al-Moayad Sheikh Mosque, or as historians call it, “Th...

Restored mosque with a tall, carved minaret, home to the 14th-century mausoleum of Sayyida Aisha.

👍👍 I visited this Mosque in Al khalifa district (called Darb Al Sebaa or Darb ال البيت)Mosque of Sayyida Sakina Bent El Hussein is one of the popular placed in Cairo. El Sayyida Sakina was the daughter of El Husein, grandson of Prophet Mohamed, the wife of Abd Allah Ibn El Zubair Ibn El Awam. She witne...

👍👍 I love him

😐 A historical mosque approximately 550 years ago related to a pious good man from Al-Ashraf (descendant of prophet Mohammed). What I don't like is the Maqam (his tomb or grave) inside the mosque and the false news written about this good man that his enemies killed him and then he appeared again and...

Also called Aqsunqur, this 1300s structure features a mausoleum, courtyard & a blue-tiled interior.

Ornate 1400s temple & burial vault with an intricately carved dome & minaret, plus stained glass.

👍👍 Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun Mosque in the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi in Cairo The architectural masterpiece that combines the Pharaonic, Islamic, Roman and Ptolemaic arts ... its green dome in the form of the dome of the Prophet's Mosque..and its columns are decorated with lotus blossoms a...

Partly-reconstructed landmark mosque built by a renowned Mamluk warrior sultan in the 13th century.