5274 x 3961 px | 44,7 x 33,5 cm | 17,6 x 13,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
9 juin 2007
Lieu:
Bab al-Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
Informations supplémentaires:
Dated 1087, Bab al-Nasr (Arabic: باب النصر, Gate of Victory), is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo Egypt, in Islamic Cairo, it is a massive fortified gate with rectangular stone towers flanking the semicircular arch of the eastern Portal. The original Bab al-Nasr was built south of the present one by Fatimid general Jawhar as-Siqilli under Imam Moiz when the city was first laid out. Later Vazir Badr al-Jamali under Imam Mustansir enlarged the city and replaced the first gate with the present one, naming it Bab al-'Izz (Gate of Prosperity). Despite this, the inhabitants have shown preference to the original name meaning "Gate of Victory", which has remained in use to this day.
