The Mosque of Muhammed Ali | The Alabaster Mosque
Muhammed Ali’s Mosque is one of the top-visited mosques in Cairo, Egypt and you shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see this beauty. It’s also known as the “Alabaster Mosque”, the reason behind this name is the pieces of marble covering the interior and exterior walls of the mosque. The two minarets which are considered the highest in Egypt are placed in the mosque, reaching 84 meters in height. Visitors come from around the world to through Alexandria shore Excursions to see the great monuments of Cairo, especially the citadel of Salah El Din and the Alabaster Mosque, plus the area of Old Cairo and Coptic Cairo.
The process of construction started in 1830 AD, Muhammad Ali Pasha commissioned the famous Turkish engineer "Yusuf Bashnaq" to design the mosque. He adopted the horizontal plane of the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed in Istanbul, including the courtyard and the fountain, with some changes. The mosque is distinguished by its interior design and the Byzantine art. The mosque of Muhammed Ali is very special and known for its extraordinary architecture and the mesmerizing decorations from the marble stone that you can discover during Egypt Christmas Tours with a professional guide speaking your preferred language.
The mosque also has a distinctive clock, the Clock Tower of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali is a clock tower located in the Mosque of Muhammad Ali inside Saladin’s Citadel in the center of Cairo. In 1845, The tower was constructed from perforated copper, and decorated with engravings and stained glass. The highest of the clock tower is three meters. Inside it is a clock that was sent especially to Muhammad Ali Pasha, the ruler of Egypt, from the French, Louis Philippe I. It was supposed to be located in the palace of Muhammad Ali in Shubra al-Khaymah, but it ended up in the middle of the western corridor of the mosque. Seize the opportunity to see the splendid scene of Cairo during Egypt Travel packages’ best tours.
