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Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن
Built between 1356 and 1363 under Sultan al-Nasir Hassan, it has a vast courtyard framed by four iwans that once housed schools for the four Sunni schools of law. The Al-Rifa'i Mosque faces it and the Citadel rises above both, so the three fit into one visit.
Photo: Berthold Werner (CC BY 3.0)