Cairo Tiles Catalogue
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Bek Abu el-Dahab Complex, Cairo Egypt
Cairo Tiles Catalogue - is an initiative to digitize and analyze the rare and preacious tile works on Cairos’ medieval architecture and a catalogue of patterns, and a journey of craft. Inspired by a long gone time.The mosque was completed in 1774. It was commissioned by Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab, an Egyptian bey and a mamluk of Ali Bey al-Kabir, who acted as the main ruler of Ottoman Egypt between 1772 - 1775. Although only the mosque structure remains today, the mosque was part of a larger religious-charitable complex. The Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab is the last major architectural complexes of this kind built by the mamluk Beys of Egypt. The Complex is located next to Al-Azhar Mosque, in the heart of Medieval Cairo. 
No. 1
Get to know more about the project to preserve and make aware of the vanishing Ottoman tiles in Cairo
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No. 2
Each tile got digitized and further animated to get a better understanding of the pattern and its compositon.
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No. 3
Cairo Tiles Catalogue offer a view to some of the forgotten beauties, lying behind dusty walls and just, waiting to be recovered.
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