Egypt, CAIRO SALADIN CITADEL MOSQUE SULTAN HASSAN ~ Old 1850 Art Print Engraving

Description: CAIRO AND THE VALLEY OF THE NILE (from the Citadel built by Saladin) Artist: unknown ____________ Engraver: E. Brandard Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE 19th CENTURY ANTIQUE PRINTS LIKE THIS ONE!! PRINT DATE: This antique print was published in the 1850s. . PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 6 1/4 inches by 9 1/4 inches including white borders which amount to about a half inch on each side. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent as shown in scan. Blank on reverse. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. Please allow time for personal check to clear. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email to you after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION: Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region. The oldest part of the city is somewhat east of the river. There, the city gradually spreads west, engulfing the agricultural lands next to the Nile. These western areas, built on the model of Paris by Ismail the Magnificent in the mid-19th century, are marked by wide boulevards, public gardens, and open spaces. The older eastern section of the city is very different: having grown up haphazardly over the centuries it is filled with small lanes and crowded tenaments. While western Cairo is dominated by the government buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient mosques that act as landmarks. Since 1805, when Muhammad Ali took over, Cairo has undergone a number of physical changes that have dramatically transformed the city. At that time, the city was situated about one mile east of the Nile River, but the space between the city and the river was swampland, and no one wanted to build on it. Muhammad Ali and his successors figured out how to drain the swamp, using technology that was introduced by the French that they improved on themselves. They drained the Nile Delta, turning it into farmland, and they drained the land west of the medieval city of Cairo. Mohammed Ali built a new city along the Nile that would serve as a business center, with factories and warehouses and ports so that the new Egypt would be able to manufacture its own products. He named the city Bulaq. Mohammed Ali's successor, Ismail drained the area to the south of Bulaq. The new land was turned into a European style city with wide boulevards and public squares and parks and gardens. They also figured out how to fix the borders of the Nile by reinforcing the riverbed, and they built floodgates to keep the city from flooding every year. They built two vast squares in the new city: Midan Sulayman Pasha, or Sulayman Pasha Square, which was the center the new residential area, and Midan Ismailiya, or "Ismail's Square" that was the center of the new business area. Just south of Midan Ismailiya and the Nile, the Egyptians built a great army barracks called the Qasr el-Nil (Palace of the Nile). Some of the administrative offices of these barracks are now the main buildings of the American University in Cairo. In the late 1800s more squares were added throughout the city to reflect the new "European-ness" of the city. And in the early 1900s, Cairo jumped the river to two small islands in the Nile. Two upper class neighborhoods were built - Manial on Roda, and Zamalek on Gezira - so that the wealthy of Cairo could escape the crowded city. CLASSIC OLD WORLD PRINTS MAKE A GREAT DECORATION FOR YOUR OFFICE OR DEN WALL.

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End Time: 2024-08-07T17:31:57.000Z

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