Sultan Hassan Madrassa and Masjid
This is one of the extraordinarily wonderful Islamic Monuments in the
Islamic World. If
Ancient Egypt is proud of the
Pyramids of
Giza, Islamic Egypt has to be proud of the
Sultan Hassan Madrassa. The founder of this gigantic monument is the Sultan Hassan, son of the great Mamluke Sultan
Al-Nasser Mohamed Ibn Qalawoun. Sultan Hassan ruled twice, the first time in 1347, when he was 13 years old, only to be dethroned by the other Mamluke princes and generals. The second time was in 1356 A.D. The
Madrassa-
Mosque contains 4 Madrassas or
religious schools and is 7,906 square metres in size. It has 4 façades, the most important being the 2 main façades, including the remarkable northeast one. It is 145m long and 38m tall!