Title

Cairo Citadel, Egypt, 1918

Caption

Cairo Citadel, Egypt, 1918. Also known as the Saladin Citadel after the Ayyubid ruler Salah-al-Din, who ordered its construction. Completed in 1183-1184 it remained the seat of government for Egypt until the 1860s. Now part of the Historic Cairo World Heritage Site. Photographed from 3000 feet in December 1918, this image occupies half of a glass plate negative.

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_463

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,1Mb (1,6Mb) / 11,0in x 8,5in / 3309 x 2550 (300dpi)

Keywords

city building buildings architecture country Cairo Egypt Egyptian medieval fortification citadel location century B&W aerial view MONOCHROME bird's eye view aerial photography black & white black and white B W Middle Ages 1910s 20th century English Heritage 12th century TGN photograph Unknown Mizraim photograph