
Légende
This illustration of the Gate of El Futuh, also known as Bab al-Futuh or Conquest Gate) in Cairo, Egypt, dates to around 1900. This gate still stands in Cairo and was part of the Old City of Cairo. It was completed in 1087 and faces north. Its rounded towers offered more defense and had shafts for defenders to pour boiling water or oil on attackers.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Ivy Close Images
Notre référence
UMG25A01_237
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,4Mo (6,6Mo) / 31,7cm x 40,6cm / 3743 x 4800 (300dpi)