Mosque · Egypt
Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque)
مسجد آق سنقر · المسجد الأزرق
A fourteenth-century mosque in al-Darb al-Ahmar named the Blue Mosque for the Ottoman-style blue tiles that cover its interior walls.
Where it is
30.0362, 31.2604
Why go
This fourteenth-century mosque stands in al-Darb al-Ahmar on the way from al-Darb al-Ahmar toward al-Rifa’i Mosque. It owes its popular name, the Blue Mosque, to the blue and floral-patterned Ottoman-style tiles and marble that cover its interior walls. Conservation by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture was completed as part of a wider urban regeneration programme in al-Darb al-Ahmar, so the building can be read alongside the restored neighbourhood around it.
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