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Islamic Monuments In Cairo

The Practical Guide

Overview

Cairo's Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can equal Cairo's spectacular heritage, nor trace its historical and architectural development with such clarity. The discovery of this historic core, first visually by nineteenth-century western artists, then intellectually by twentieth-century Islamic art specialists, now awaits the delight of the general visitor. This new, fully revised edition of a popular and handy guide continues to walk the visitor around more than two hundred of the city's most interesting Islamic monuments. It also keeps pace with recent restoration initiatives and newly opened monuments.

ISBN 9789774168550
Category Islamic Art, Architecture, and Urbanism
Call number 9162 ISW
Physical description x, 337 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates:illustrations, maps;21 cm.
Edition year 2018
Bibliographical references? No
Publisher name The American University In Cairo Press
Publication year 2018
Place of publication Cairo
Language English
Is series? No

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