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building/structure function place of origin time of origin image
  • tekhenu [egy]
 monument Egypt 20th century BC 330px-Heliopolis200501.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obelisks

  • myr [egy]
 tomb Egypt c. 4700 BC 500px-Snofru%27s-Red-Pyramid.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyramids_of_Egypt

  • manzil منزل [arb]
 farmhouse Djerba 500px-Djerba_architecture_house.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Menzels

  • qṣar قصر [arb]
 fortified village Northern Africa 500px-Chenini-stegop-04.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksour

  • riyāḍ رياض [arb]
 garden Maghreb 500px-Large_riad_Bahia_1321.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Riads_in_Morocco

  • bxn.t [egy]
 gate Egypt 500px-Karnak_Khonsu_Temple_R01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pylons_(architecture)

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building/structure function location time image
  • هرم زوسر [arb]
 tomb Saqqara built c. 2670 BC – 2650 BC 500px-%E9%9A%8E%E6%A2%AF%E9%87%91%E5%AD%97%E5%A1%94_Pyramid_of_Djoser_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Step_pyramid_complex_of_Djoser

  • Majmaʻ Ahrāmāt al-Jīzah مجمع أهرامات الجيزة [arb]
 tomb Giza founded c. 2500 BC; built c. 2600 BC 500px-Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giza_pyramid_complex

  • ipet-isut [egy]
 temple El-Karnak founded c. 1970 BC 500px-Temple_de_Louxor_68.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Karnak_temple_complex

  • čēme ϫⲏⲙⲉ [cop]
  • ta-sekhet-ma'at [egy]
 necropolis Luxor built 16th century BC 500px-Luxor%2C_Tal_der_K%C3%B6nige_%281995%2C_860x605%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valley_of_the_Kings

  • Maʻbad al-Uqṣur معبد الأقصر [arb]
 temple Luxor built c. 1400 BC 500px-Pylons_and_obelisk_Luxor_temple.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Luxor_Temple

  • Maʻbad Alrāmsywm معبد الرامسيوم [arb]
 memorial temple Luxor founded 13th century BC 500px-S_F-E-CAMERON_EGYPT_2005_RAMASEUM_01320.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ramesseum

  • p3-jw-rķ' [egy]
  • Phílai Φιλαί [grc]
  • Pilak ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ [cop]
 temple complex Aswan founded between 7th century BC and 6th century BC 500px-Philae_Temple_Complex%2C_Agilkia_Island%2C_Aswan%2C_AG%2C_EGY_%2848026832921%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Philae

  • Kanīs al-Ḡarība جامع القيروان الأكبر [arb]
 synagoge Djerba founded 6th century BC 500px-L%27entr%C3%A9e_principale.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:El_Ghriba_Synagogue_(Djerba)

  • Bḥd.t [egy]
 temple Edfu founded 237 BC; built 57 BC 500px-The_Temple_of_Edfu_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Edfu_Temple

  • al-Ḍarīḥ al-Lūbī al-Būnī الضريح اللوبي البوني [arb]
 mausoleum Dougga built 2nd century BC 330px-Dogga_mausol%C3%A9e2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Libyco-Punic_Mausoleum

  • Qaṣr al-Jamm قصر الجم [arb]
 amphitheatre El Djem built c. 238 500px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_55-66_HDR_PAN.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amphitheatre_of_El_Jem

  • Maqābir Kūm al-Shuqāfah مقابر كوم الشقافة [arb]
 tomb Alexandria founded 2nd century 500px-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC_%CE%95%CE%BB_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kom_el-Shoqafa

  • Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn دير القدّيسة كاترين [arb]
  • Ierá Monḗ Agías Aikaterínis Órous Sína Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Αικατερίνης Όρους Σινά [grc]
 monastery Mount Sinai built 565 500px-Katharinenkloster_Sinai_BW_2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Catherine_Monastery,_Mount_Sinai

  • Jāmiʿ al-Qayrawān al-Akbar جامع القيروان الأكبر [arb]
 mosque Kairouan founded 670 500px-Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Kairouan%2C_vue_d%27ensemble.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Kairouan

  • Jāmiʿ al-Zaytūna جامع الزيتونة [arb]
 mosque Tunis founded 698; built 864 500px-MinaretMosqueeZitounaTunis.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zitouna_Mosque

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Sūsah الجامع الكبير بسوسة [arb]
 mosque Sousse built 851 500px-Great_Mosque_of_Sousse.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Sousse

  • Jāmiʿat al-Qarawīyīn جامعة القرويين [arb]
 mosque Fez founded 857 500px-Qarawiyyin_Mosque_DSCF4250.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Qarawiyyin

  • Masjid Ibn Ḵayyirūn مسجد ابن خيرون [arb]
 mosque Kairouan built 866 500px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_des_trois_portes_04.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Three_Doors_Mosque

  • Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn قصر عمرة [arb]
 mosque Cairo built 879 500px-Mosque_of_Ibn_Tulun%2C_Cairo%2C_876-79_%2840%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mosque_of_Ibn_Tulun

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr fī al-Mahdīyah الجامع الكبير في المهدية [arb]
 mosque Mahdia founded 916 500px-VueGrandeMosqueMahdia.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Mahdia

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr litilimsān الجامع الكبير لتلمسان [arb]
 mosque Tlemcen built 1082 500px-Grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_et_d%C3%A9pendance_Minaret_de_la_Mosqu%C3%A9e_003.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Tlemcen

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr الجامع الكبير [arb]
 mosque Algiers built 1097 500px-Djama%C3%A2_el_Kebir.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Algiers

  • Masjid al-Qalʿah مسجد القلعة [arb]
 mosque tower Qal'at Bani Hammad built 1007 500px-28-2_Kal%C3%A2a_de_Beni_Hammad_%284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qal%27at_Bani_Hammad

  • Āyt ben Ḥaddu آيت بن حدّو [arb]
 fortified village Atlas Mountains built 11th century 500px-Ksar_A%C3%AFt_Benhaddou%2C_Marocco_%28%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%2C_%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%A2%E2%B5%9C_%E2%B5%83%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%B7%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%93%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A%C3%AFt_Benhaddou

  • Qubba al-Baʿdiyyin القبة المرابطية [arb]
 monument Marrakesh built 1117 or 1125 330px-Almoravid_Qubba_DSCF5783.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Almoravid_Koubba

  • Jāmiʿ al-Kutubiyya جامع الكتبية [arb]
 mosque Marrakesh founded 1147; built between 1158 and 1195 500px-Marrakech%2C_Morocco_%285421595453%29_%285%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koutoubia_Mosque

  • Masjid al-Imām al-Ḥusayn مسجد الإمام الحسين [arb]
 mosque Cairo built 1154; rebuilt 1874 500px-Kairo_Al_Hussein_Mosque_BW_1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Hussein_Mosque

  • Qalʿat Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī قلعة صلاح الدين الأيوبي [arb]
 citadel Cairo founded 1176; built 1183 500px-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cairo_Citadel

  • Ṣawmaʿat Ḥassān صومعة حسان [arb]
 mosque tower Rabat founded 1191; built 1199 330px-Hassan_Tower%2C_Rabat%2C_Marocco_%28%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hassan_Tower

  • Masjid wa-Madrasat al-Sulṭān al-Nāṣir Muḥammad مسجد ومدرسة السلطان الناصر محمد [arb]
 madrassa, mausoleum Cairo founded c. 1295; built 1303 330px-Madrasa_of_al-Nasir_Muhammad_overall_front_view.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Madrasa_of_al-Nasir_Muhammad

  • Masjid Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Mursī مجموعة السلطان المنصور قلاوون [arb]
 mosque Alexandria founded 1307 500px-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abu_el-Abbas_el-Mursi_Mosque

  • Masjid al-Ṭinbughā al-Mārdāny مسجد الطنبغا المارداني [arb]
 mosque Cairo founded 1338/1339; built 1340 500px-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mosque_of_al-Maridani

  • al-Madrasa ʿabū ʿinānīya المدرسة البوعنانية [arb]
 madrasa Fez founded 1350; built 1355 500px-Bou_Inania_Madrasa_2011.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bou_Inania_Madrasa,_Fes

  • Masjid wa-Madrasat al-Sulṭān Ḥasan مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن [arb]
 mosque Cairo founded 1356; built 1363 500px-Flickr_-_archer10_%28Dennis%29_-_Egypt-13A-061_%28cropped%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mosque-Madrasa_of_Sultan_Hassan

  • Majmūʿah al-Sulṭān al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn مجموعة السلطان المنصور قلاوون [arb]
 mosque, mausoleum, hospital Cairo founded 1384; built 1385 500px-Minaret_of_the_Qalawun_complex.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qalawun_complex

  • Majmūʿah al-Sulṭān al-Ẓāhir Barqūq مجموعة السلطان الظاهر برقوق [arb]
 mosque, madrasa, mausoleum, khanqah Cairo built 1386 330px-Al-Muizz_LI-Din_Allah_Al_Fatemy_Street.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mosque_of_Sultan_Barquq

  • Masjid al-Sulṭān al-Muʿayyad مسجد السلطان المؤيد [arb]
 mosque Cairo built 1424 500px-Cairo%2C_moschea_di_al-muayyad%2C_cortile_08.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mosque_of_Sultan_al-Muayyad

  • Masjid wa-Madrasat al-Ashraf Barsbāy مسجد ومدرسة الأشرف برسباي [arb]
 mosque, madrasa Cairo built 1424 330px-Cairo_-_Sultan_Ashref_Barsbey_Mosque_Exterior.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Ashraf_Mosque

  • Majmūʿah al-Sulṭān al-Ashraf Qāyitbāy مجموعة السلطان الأشرف قايتباي [arb]
 madrasa, mosque Cairo built 1474 330px-Qaytbay_complex_DSCF0423.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sultan_Qaytbay_Complex

  • Qalʿat Qāyitbāy قلعة قايتباي [arb]
 citadel Alexandria founded 1477; built 1479 500px-Alexandria_Egypt_%28235108463%29.jpeg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Citadel_of_Qaitbay

  • Qaṣr Awlād Sulṭān مسجد الصالح طلائع [arb]
 fortified granery Tataouine built 15th century 500px-Ksar_Ouled_Soltane_01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksar_Ouled_Soltane

  • Madrasa ibn Yūsuf مدرسة ابن يوسف [arb]
 madrasa Marrakesh built 1564/1565 500px-Coranic_School_%28106589859%29.jpeg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ben_Youssef_Madrasa

  • Qaṣr al-Badīʿ قصر البديع [arb]
 palace Marrakesh founded 1573; built 1593 500px-Palais_El_Badii_-_panoramio.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:El_Badi_Palace

  • Forte Jesus de Mombaça [por]
  • Fuerte de Jesús [spa]
 fort; park Mombasa founded 1593; built 1596 500px-THE_FORT_WALLS.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Jesus

  • Ḍarīḥ al-Saʿdīyīn ضريح السعديين [arb]
 tomb Marrakesh built late 16th century 500px-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%83%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF_1034.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saadian_Tombs

  • Jāmiʿ Yūsuf Dāy جامع يوسف داي [arb]
 mosque Tunis built 17th century 500px-MinaretMosqu%C3%A9eSidiYousefDey.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Youssef_Dey_Mosque

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Jadīd الجامع الجديد [arb]
 mosque Algiers built 1660 500px-Alger-Place-des-Martyrs-Casbah_cropped.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jamaa_al-Jdid_(Algiers)

  • Jāmiʿ Sīdī Miḥriz جامع سيدي محرز [arb]
 mosque Tunis built 1692 500px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Mohammed_Bey_11.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sidi_Mahrez_Mosque

  • Maʿbad ibn Dannān معبد ابن دنان [arb]
  • Beit K'néset Éven Dannān בית הכנסת אבן דאנן [heb]
 synagoge Fez built 17th century 500px-Ibn_Danan_Synagogue_DSCF5080.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ibn_Danan_Synagogue

  • Sabīl wa-Kuttāb ʿabd-al-Raḥmān Katkhudā سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا [arb]
 monument, public fountain Cairo built 1744 500px-Sabil-Kuttab_of_Katkhuda_%2814613468600%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabil_of_Abd_al-Rahman_Katkhuda

  • Masjid Muḥammad ʿAlī مسجد محمد علي [arb]
 mosque Cairo founded 1830 or 1832; built 1857 500px-Muhammad_Ali_Mosque_1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Muhammad_Ali_Mosque

  • al-Sayyidah al-Ifrīqīyah السيدة الإفريقية [arb]
  • Notre-Dame d'Afrique [fra]
 church Algiers founded 1858; built 1872 500px-Notre_Dame_d%27Afrique.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Notre_Dame_d%27Afrique

  • Qaṣr al-Bāniyya قصر الباهية [arb]
 palace; museum Marrakesh founded 1860s; built 1900 500px-Bahia_Palace_large_court.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bahia_Palace


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