Image: Ayyubid wall cyark

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Description: Located close to one of Cairo's main modern traffic arteries, al-Azhar Street, the Bab al-Barqiyya is a fortified gate of unusual design; it was constructed with interlocking volumes that surrounded the entrant in such a way as to provide greater security and control than typical city wall gates. This gate was one of several design innovations imported from Syria and speaks to the ingenuity of the Ayyubid military engineers of that time.
Title: Ayyubid wall cyark
Credit: CyArk Bab-Al-Barqiyya Project
Author: CyArk
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