Photograph, Views of the Gate, Mohamed Ali Mosque Cairo

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View of the Gate of the citadel with round towers, a very simple structure with no crenellations 1860 -1870 c. 'The Gate of the Citadel Cairo' inscribed in album. Albumen print. Signed by photographer 'A Beato'. Antonio Beato worked in Egypt and moved to Cairo in 1860 and moved to Luxor in 1862 (source: Wikipedia).