Kaira Citadelo

La Citadelo de Kairo aŭ Citadelo de Saladino (en araba: قلعة صلاح الدين‎ Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) estas mezepoka islam-eraa fortikaĵo en Kairo, Egiptio, konstruita de Salah ad-Din (Saladino) kaj poste disvolvigita de postaj egiptaj regantoj. Ĝi estis la sidejo de la registaro de Egiptio kaj la rezidejo de ties regantoj dum preskaŭ 700 jaroj el la 13a ĝis la 19a jarcentoj. Ties loko sur elstaraĵo de la montetoj Mokattam preskaŭ en la centro de Kairo regas strategian situacion super la urbo kaj. En la epoko de ties konstruado, it was among the most impressive and ambitious military fortification projects of its time.[1] It is now a preserved historic site, including mosques and museums.

In addition to the initial Ayyubid-era construction begun by Saladin in 1176, the Citadel underwent major development during the Mamluk Sultanate that followed, culminating with the construction projects of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad in the 14th century. In the first half of the 19th century Muhammad Ali Pasha demolished many of the older buildings and built new palaces and monuments all across the site, giving it much of its present form. In the 20th century it was used as a military garrison by the British occupation and then by the Egyptian army until being opened to the public in 1983. In 1976, it was proclaimed by UNESCO as a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Cairo (Islamic Cairo) which was "the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century."[2]