It is not an Andalusian building, it is the Islamic Religious Institute in Zagazig
- The third religious institute in Lower Egypt, and the most important Islamic antiquities in the Sharkia governorate, was established by order of King Fuad I in 1925 AD, and its design came in the facade of the institute in the Islamic style influenced by ancient Mamluk architecture, where above the main entrance there is a pointed Fatimid arch bearing a sign of the contracts of the Al-Azhar Mosque On both sides of the arch, balconies emerge, progressing with curves in the form of a tapered arch in the form of a shell cap. It is a common element in Mamluk mosques. The entrance is covered from the top with a wooden screen that was inspired by the Mamluk Sabilah architecture. The text of the construction was written above the main entrance, which is (This Islamic religious institute was established by the order of His Majesty Fouad The first is the king of Egypt and the owner of Nubia, Sudan, Kordofan and Dorfour with the help of God) and above this text a row of three circular arches, and inside the façade we notice stone kibble that came in a design influenced by the wooden cables that strangled al-Ghuri, and the façade consists of a main entrance in the form of a pointed arch that divides the facade into two identical sides Each side consists of a circular necklace topped by a row of five compound arches covered at the top with a wooden veil and there is a smaller circular necklace next to that necklace, and the facade is one of the most beautiful modern applications of Islamic times.
Quoted by Mahmoud Taha
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