Al-Fath Mosque in Cario, Egypt
It’s no surprise that the largest city in the Arab World is home to some pretty amazing mosques. While navigating the congested streets of Cairo in search Ramses Station (Cairo’s main railway station) we stumbled on this incredible mosque in the chaotic Ramses Square (Midan Ramses).
Almost on queue, we both stopped walking and snapped our necks back as our eyes climbed to the top of the tower. We couldn’t believe how tall it is!
We later learned that Al-Fath Mosque has the highest minaret in Cairo and it’s one of the largest and most famous mosques in Egypt’s capital city.
The photo does a good job showcasing the height of the tower (when compared to the people walking in front of the mosque), but it’s hard to fully appreciate its scale and dominance without including the city skyline (we took this photo from the opposite side of the square and it still wasn’t far enough away). It’s quite the sight!
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I’m an avid traveler, and architecture buff. I haven’t seen or heard of this mosque, but it is truly beautiful. Construction must have been very difficult.
Indeed! This picture doesn’t do it justice. The minaret tower is MASSIVE!
Amazing! I think that it would be really easy for the pyramids to overshadow all of the other beautiful architecture a city might have, but it’s hard to imagine walking by this minaret without doing a double-take. And I’m very impressed with how you managed to capture it in a photo… your legwork paid off!
Thanks Steph!
The Pyramids are definitely the center of attention, but there’s much more to Cairo then the Pyramids.
Wow. That is a tall minaret. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that tall on a mosque that size.
My highlight of Cairo was being followed down the street by disgruntled Egyptian men cursing at us that we will “die alone” for not wanting to chat with them. We were pretty ready to leave.
Hah! I hear that!
We were also turned off by the relentless touts wanting us to “visit my shoppe!”
Fortunately, we were used to the attention because we had been on the road for 9 months when we visited Cairo, so we brushed it off.
BUT, I can totally see how you were ready to leave Cairo. Our Egyptian highlight was hanging our in Dahab for a couple weeks. WAY better vibe on the Red Sea!
the same here – mosque looks such small comparing with that minaret.
Wow the overall height of the minaret is impressive, but I’m especially amazed at it’s height relative to the to building supporting it.
Ha, I stayed just down the street from that mosque (the call for prayer in the morning was quite the alarm clock..).
Had no idea it was the tallest minaret, but I did not feel any of my photos of it did it justice. Unreal scale! Love your description of seeing it for the first time!