Magra El Oyoun aqueduct Travel Guide: Top Sights in Egypt, Tours &

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Magra El Oyoun aqueduct- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Egypt; 5 Reviews

Suggested Duration: 2 hours

The Magra El Oyoun aqueduct in Cairo, also known as the Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct, was built to transport Nile water to the Citadel during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. Stretching several kilometers, it relied on a series of arches and a water intake tower at Fumm al-Khalig to maintain flow across uneven terrain. Though no longer functional, many of its stone segments remain intact, tracing a route through southern Cairo that once sustained the city's most important stronghold.

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Reviews of Magra El Oyoun aqueduct

yassin

3
Reviewed: 2024-07-12

Closed for renovations.
Mostafa Srag

5
Reviewed: 2024-03-14

Important Islamic architectural wonder
Waseem Moghram

3
Reviewed: 2023-06-10

Historical palace needs more work from government to be ready for visiting.
Thaha Abdul Vahab

4
Reviewed: 2023-03-10

Super long wall almost 2-3km and tower ,indeed would have been a long standing wall to the citadel in those times , however not preserved as a tourist site
Allosh Almaqati

5
Reviewed: 2022-02-23

The river of El-Oyoun.. One of the most important landmarks of Islamic Cairo, it was built with the aim of extending the Citadel of Salah al-Din with water by raising the waters of the Nile with streams to the course of the wall, so that the water flows until it reaches the citadel. The citadel was the seat of government in Egypt since the Ayyubid era Abdeen Palace The wall of Majri al-Ayoun is considered an ancient archaeological area and enjoys a great historical and geographical position. The wall consists of a tower called the “Al-Maqsad” tower, in which there are six driveways, and divided into contracts known as “the drives of the drivers,” and it bears the water canal above which is called “a stream.” El-Ayoun" The wall of the stream of El-Ayoun is known as "Water Aqueduct", and these aqueducts were built by Sultan Al-Nasir Salah El-Din Youssef Ibn Ayyub.