Citadel of Saladin
Establishment Citadel of Saladin
Saladin began in the construction of the castle above the cliffs in the position he was known air dome. But did not complete it in his life. But he completed just full Sultan bin. First, he fully inhabited is king and taken home for the king. And remained so until the reign of Muhammad Ali
.And have demolished Salahuddin some pyramids small in Giza, and used the stones to build the castle and the fence around Cairo, and use Lasry Franks in construction and have begun to build the castle years 572 approaches / AD 1176, and in the reign of King full year 614 AH
.And drilling of Saladin in the castle wells draws the army and the inhabitants of the castle if prevent water for when the blockade. They impressed with what has been the work because of the well carved in the rock depth of 90 meters from ground level castle, and this requires a great effort at the time
.The Castle of Saladin in Cairo of the most luxurious castles warships constructed in the Middle Ages Vemoqaha strategic notch including provided by this site the importance of defensive because it controls the cities of Cairo and Fustat, as it constitutes a natural barrier up between the two cities as it on this site can provide connectivity between Castle and the city in a state of siege as they will become the last bastion of a sit-in in the case if the city fell to the enemy
.Over this majestic castle lot and many historical events which saw the walls different historical events during the Ayyubid and Mamluk eras and time of the French campaign on Egypt in the year 1798 AD, and even took Muhammad Ali Pasha ruled Egypt, where he has prosperity and greatness. The Sultan Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub first thought of building a castle on a hill sound in 572 AH / AD 1176, where he and vizier Bahaa Eddin al-Asadi demolished mosques and tombs that were present on the sound order builds castle upon where workers carved the rock and find a trench artificially separated the cliffs for the sound increase in vulnerability and strength
Photos from inside the Citadel of Saladin
