Ayyubid city walls of Cairo

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city wall fortification system medieval fortification

The Ayyubid city walls of Cairo are a medieval fortification system built under the Ayyubid dynasty that once enclosed and defended historic Cairo.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Historic city walls of Cairo	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall ⓘ fortification system ⓘ medieval fortification ⓘ
architect	Baha al-Din Qaraqush NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic military architecture ⓘ
builtFor	defense of the Ayyubid capital in Egypt ⓘ
builtUnder	Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Saladin NERFINISHED ⓘ
condition	partially intact ⓘ
connectsWith	Citadel of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Fustat NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
era	Ayyubid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Fatimid walls of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGate	Bab Zuweila NERFINISHED ⓘ Bab al-Futuh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bab al-Nasr NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Bab Zuweila NERFINISHED ⓘ Bab al-Futuh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bab al-Nasr NERFINISHED ⓘ Citadel of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern walls of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ northern walls of Cairo ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Historic Cairo UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument ⓘ
inception	12th century ⓘ circa 1176 ⓘ
locatedIn	Cairo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyPreserved	true ⓘ
partOf	Historic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Islamic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Islamic ⓘ
replaces	earlier Fatimid fortifications ⓘ
significantEvent	construction ordered after Saladin became ruler of Egypt ⓘ integration of Cairo and Fustat into one fortified area ⓘ
surrounds	historic core of Cairo ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	city defense ⓘ control of access to Cairo ⓘ protection against Crusader attacks ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Al-Azhar Park restoration in Cairo → discoveredDuringProject → Ayyubid city walls of Cairo ⓘ

Al-Azhar Park restoration in Cairo → includesConservationOf → Ayyubid city walls of Cairo ⓘ

El Darb El Ahmar → adjacentTo → Ayyubid city walls of Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic city walls of Cairo