Salah al-Din Citadel, one of Cairo’s most prominent landmarks, opened a new two-tower pavilion to the public on Sunday to expand the country’s tourist attractions.
This part includes the Ramla and Haddad Towers, which were built in the decades following the death of Saladin during the reign of his successor, Sultan al-Adil al-Ayyubi.
Egyptian Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa said: This is the first effort we are making to relaunch Cairo as a new cultural product, we will call it Cairo City Break, its details will be announced in the coming months, the first official announcement of it will be at the tourism exhibition in Berlin next March.
The Citadel of Saladin, which was the center of government in Egypt for more than 700 years, is one of the largest medieval castles in the world, and was built during the reign of Al-Nasir Saladin in 1176 AD.