Citizen Participation in Historic Cairo (CPHC)
3.3 Monuments According to the monuments study, a project for adaptive reuse for the monuments in good state of conservation is needed. These monuments have been restored in the past few years, but are still underutilized. They can be used as a catalyst to attract further visitors to the area and improve economic income for the area. These identified monuments are Sabil Al-Amir Abd Allah Katkhudha, the mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr and Hawd Shaykhu. A detailed study on each monument is needed in order to assign the proper adaptive reuse to it.
Figure 15 Sabil Al-Amir ‘Abd Allah Katkhudha.
Five monuments are, however, considered either in a bad or dilapidated state of conservation. These monuments should be a priority when identifying conservation and adaptive reuse projects. The monuments are Al-Ashraf Khalil Mausoleum, Fatima Khatun Mausoleum, Safiyy al-Din Jawhar Mausoleum and the Madrasa of Khushqadam al-Ahmadi. As for the typologies, three of these monuments are mausoleums and the fourth is a madrasa (higher educational Islamic institution) and minaret. It is clear that two of the five identified monuments were used until recent years by the inhabitants (the madrasa and minaret for praying), while the mausolea haven’t been used for years and are not associated with religious rituals or activities like the rest of the mausolea/shrines of al-Khalifa. It is also worth noting that the three mausolea are located on the main spine (the continuation of al-Qasaba of Cairo).
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