Saturday, June 20, 2009

Masjid al-Rifa'i

Masjid al-Rifa'i (مسجد الرفاعى) is one of the famous mosques which was built in 19th century in Cairo and is located next to the famouse mosque "Masjid Sultan Hasan(مسجد السلطان حسن)". The design of this mosque is very beautiful and has great impact. I never saw such beautiful mosque decorated with color before. Even the ceiling has very fine Islamic art.
In front of the entrance, there is a room for Islamic saint Ahmad al-Rifa'i, the west part of the building Khushyar Hamin who began to built this and her son Khedive Isma'il Pasha were rested, and the east part is a big praying hall.

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