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Egypt This picture shows Bab Zuweyla: detail of minaret with skyline in the background. It was taken on a travel to Cairo, Egypt, Africa. It is one of the 8138 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Cairo. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Bab Zuweyla on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Bab Zuweyla: detail of minaret with skyline in the background (Cairo, Egypt) Detail of one of the minarets of Bab Zuweyla with Cairo in the background Send image of Bab Zuweyla: detail of minaret with skyline in the background as a free postcard Download picture of Bab Zuweyla: detail of minaret with skyline in the background Purchase Bab Zuweyla: detail of minaret with skyline in the background (Egypt) Two slender minarets tower above one of the old city gates of Islamic Cairo, and offer a great view over the entire city. Cairo is an enormous city now, and an ancient one. While the city spreads out in all directions, the old city is a confined area which can easily be explored on foot. This was the royal enclave, which was approximately one square kilometre. Cairo, or Al Qahirah, was a walled city with some sixty gates, protecting the city from outsiders. Some of these gates have survived the onslaught of time pretty well. Before entering Islamic Cairo, I decided to visit Bab al Zuweyla, the former southern gate. The two minarets could not be missed from a distance. The chaotic traffic of Cairo passed right in front of the gate, while pedestrians, tradespeople, bicycles, motorcycles, and even small vans all squeezed through the gate into Al Muizz Il Din Allah, one of the main streets of the old city. Read more about: Bab Zuweyla Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| Africa Europe Bab Zuweyla Istanbul Cairo Edinburgh city gate detail cannon Egypt Costa Rica egyptian greek muslem christian tower
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