Alabaster Mosque

The courtyard, with the fountain, of the Alabaster Mosque
The courtyard, with the fountain, of the Alabaster Mosque

In the courtyard is floored in marble and surrounded by arches. In the center is an ornate ablutions fountain (Muslims must ritually wash before prayers) and the stupendously ugly clock tower. The clock was given to Egypt by the French as a trade for the obelisk that stans in teh Place d’Concorde. The clock has never worked.

Light streamingint he windows of the Alabaster Mosque
Light streamingint he windows of the Alabaster Mosque
One of the small domes lining the courtyard, Alabaster Mosque
One of the small domes lining the courtyard, Alabaster Mosque

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