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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

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Original – The Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo, Egypt. The historian al-Maqrizi lists the mosque's construction start date as 876 AD, and the mosque's original inscription slab identifies the date of completion as 879 AD. The mosque has been restored several times, the first known restoration being in 1177. It was most recently restored by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities in 2004.

Reason

High quality image providing a good overview of the courtyard.

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

FP category for this image

Architecture

Creator

Berthold Werner

• Support as nominator --ELEKHH^T 12:14, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support Pine^✉ 22:53, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
• Weak Support I'm not keen on the large shadow in the foreground, but the result of the sun at the angle it is means being able to get a good level of details on the subject so it isn't enough to oppose. I would be interested in seeing a crop of this if available that cuts the shadow? Although I appreciate that may be a little tight... gazhiley 14:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support --Morning Sunshine (talk) 11:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support Spongie555 (talk) 08:35, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• Support Tomer T (talk) 10:18, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:Kairo Ibn Tulun Moschee BW 4.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 05:15, 16 August 2012 (UTC)