Yesterday's post was of The Blue Mosque, seen on the right of this postcard. On the left, The Citadel of Saladin, or if you prefer the correct version, Salah al-Din. Anyway, he built the citadel to defend Cairo from the crusaders. Started in 1176, finished in 1183. He also started a wall meant to surround Cairo, but it took to 1238 to finish that bit of fortification. For anyone interested, I just posted a painting by Louis Comfort Tiffany, (Yes, the stained glass guy.) of The Citadel on my Fair Use blog.
Credited to "The Cairo Postcard Trust," this card was never used.
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