Historic site · Egypt
Madrasa of Al-Ashraf Barsbay
A Mamluk teaching and religious complex with four iwans and an attached mausoleum.
Where it is
30.0475, 31.2601
Why go
The complex accommodated religious teaching and worship, with charitable water and educational facilities alongside it. Its mausoleum contains family burials; the sultan’s own burial lies elsewhere.
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