Cairo Citadel

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citadel historic site medieval Islamic fortification tourist attraction

The Cairo Citadel is a historic medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt, that served for centuries as the seat of government and a symbol of the city’s military and political power.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Citadel of Cairo	13
Cairo Citadel canonical	8
Cairo Citadel complex	2
Ayyubid Cairo	1
Burji (Citadel) Mamluks	1
Cairo Citadel area	1
Citadel of Cairo (expansion and development)	1
Citadel of Salah al-Din	1
Mosque of Muhammad Ali	1
Salah El-Din Citadel	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	citadel ⓘ historic site ⓘ medieval Islamic fortification ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture ⓘ
builtDuring	Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
builtOn	Moqattam Hill ⓘ
constructedBy	Saladin ⓘ Saladin ⓘ surface form: Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub
constructionEnd	1183 ⓘ
constructionStart	1176 ⓘ
contains	Al Rifa'i Mosque ⓘ surface form: Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Carriage Museum ⓘ Mosque of Muhammad Ali ⓘ National Military Museum of Egypt ⓘ Police Museum ⓘ Sulayman Pasha Mosque ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
currentUse	museum complex ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
elevation	Moqattam Hill ⓘ
governedBy	Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Muhammad Ali dynasty ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasFeature	fortification walls ⓘ gates ⓘ military barracks ⓘ mosques ⓘ palaces ⓘ towers ⓘ
historicalEra	Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Ayyubid period Mamluk period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Ottoman period in Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ottoman period
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Cairo Governorate ⓘ Islamic Cairo ⓘ
notableEvent	Massacre of the Mamluks in 1811 ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
overlooks	Cairo ⓘ Fustat ⓘ surface form: Old Cairo
partOf	historic Cairo ⓘ surface form: Historic Cairo
servedAsCapitalFor	Egypt ⓘ
servedAsCapitalFrom	13th century ⓘ
servedAsCapitalUntil	19th century ⓘ
symbolOf	military power of Cairo ⓘ political power of Cairo ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of World Heritage Site "Historic Cairo" ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1979 ⓘ
usedAs	military fortress ⓘ royal residence ⓘ seat of government ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cairo → hasLandmark → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → hasMajorLandmark → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

Cairo Governorate → contains → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

Ayyubid dynasty → notableConstruction → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo (expansion and development)

Islamic Cairo → hasPart → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Islamic Cairo → hasPart → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salah El-Din Citadel

historic Cairo → hasPart → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Cairo

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Mamluk forces → garrisonLocation → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Barquq → powerBase → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burji (Citadel) Mamluks

Barquq → associatedWith → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

National Military Museum of Egypt → locatedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Moqattam Hill → hasViewOf → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Moqattam Hill → locatedNear → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Salah al-Din

Massacre of the Mamluks in 1811 → place → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Police Museum → locatedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

subject surface form: Police Museum (Cairo)

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Mosque of Muhammad Ali → locatedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Sulayman Pasha Mosque → locatedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

Sulayman Pasha Mosque → partOf → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo Citadel complex

Al-Nasir Muhammad → associatedWithCity → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

Mehmed Ali Pasha → burialPlace → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

National Police Museum in Cairo Citadel → locatedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

National Police Museum in Cairo Citadel → partOf → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo Citadel complex

Cairo skyline → hasViewOf → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → governedFrom → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Al-Azhar Park restoration in Cairo → locatedNear → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

El Darb El Ahmar → borders → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo Citadel area

El Mokattam → hasViewOf → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citadel of Cairo

Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → basedIn → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

Fatimid Cairo → successor → Cairo Citadel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Cairo