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The Lu'lu'a Mosque, 'the pearl', was built in 1015 under the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim on a cliff of al-Muqattam. It was a small tower-like mosque of three…
The Lu'lu'a Mosque, 'the pearl', was built in 1015 under the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim on a cliff of al-Muqattam. It was a small tower-like mosque of three storeys built against the rock. Part of the building has since collapsed, and what remains stands on the hillside above the Qarafa, reached by a steep path.