Citadel of sultan Salah Aldden Alayoby قلعة السلطان صلاح الدين الأيوبي رحمة الله عليه (Cairo)

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين) is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Cairo.

Salah El-Din (Saladin) built the Citadel in 1183 A. D. as the centre of government, while simultaneously extending and restoring the city fortifications, with the aim to dominate Cairo from Mokattam Hills. This huge project was incomplete at his death, and much work continued in later times. Cairo is the best preserved of all Islamic cities, and substantial parts of Salah el-Din's structures remain today. In spite of the impounding of the defensive towers, the Cairo Citadel is, from a military point of view, slightly less substantial than the Citadel of Aleppo (In Syria), but it remains one of the most notable existing examples of Muslim military architecture. The skilful masonry work, and the impressive vaulting in particular have no precedent in Egypt.

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