Tourism and Antiquities in Damietta

It is considered one of the glories of Islamic architecture. It was established in the middle of the ninth century AH (year 710 AH) and the fifteenth century AD (1310 AD) when it was built by the Damietta merchant Muhammad bin Mu'in al-Din during the time of al-Nasir Qalawun. It is considered one of the rare mosques in Lower Egypt, especially in its planning, decorations and construction method, as it was built in the Mamluk style and used as a school. It was constructed with a system of load-bearing walls and large arches supporting the entrances of the main ions Its annexes include Sufi cells and student housing. It consists of an open courtyard with a mosaic floor and four iwans, the largest of which is the Qibla iwan. Each iwan has a beautifully decorated wooden ceiling... The ions were intended for teaching the four Islamic sects, and the cost of restoration work amounted to 13 million pounds.

It was built in 1200 AH in the pure Egyptian style and is distinguished by a group of unique architectural elements. It contains a cabin made of turned wood with an iwan on the southern side and a pulpit with a polygonal front. The restoration cost amounted to 11 million pounds.

It is adjacent to the Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque and contains a shrine. It is a tourist attraction, an important monument, and a religious shrine. An annual celebration is held for it in the middle of Sha'ban of each year. This mosque was built by Fatih Al-Asmar Al-Takrouri, known as Abu Al-Maati, who came to Damietta from Morocco.

It is a small shrine near the shrine of Abu al-Maati and it contains some ancient weapons such as spears and leather sheaths. It is said that these are the weapons with which he fought the Crusaders in Damietta during the campaign of Louis IX. It is said that Sultan al-Zahir Baybars was the one who attended the death of Jamal al-Din during his illness in Damietta and prepared it and built this shrine for him in the seventh century AH.

It was established by Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay in 1475 AD, and he attached a school known as the Mutabbouliya School to teach Sharia and Arabic sciences. This mosque was rebuilt in the Fatimid style in 1978 AD.

The most famous and beautiful mosque in Damietta, located on the eastern bank of the Nile. It was renovated for the first time in 1009 AH during the Ottoman rule and was built on an area of 1200 square meters in the Andalusian style. It was then renovated and built for the second time in 1967 AD. It is decorated with the most wonderful Islamic inscriptions on the walls, has five domes and two minarets, and is attached to a cultural and religious library. It was restored in 1997.

It is one of the oldest religious shrines and was built in Ezbet Shata, located on Lake Manzala. The village of Shata was known in the Roman era as (Sata). It was named Shata after Sheikh Shata, who was martyred there by the Hammock in the year 21 AH - 642 AD in the battle that took place around Tennis at the time of the Arab conquest.

It is one of the ancient Islamic mosques in Damietta and dates back to before 1039 AH. It consists of opposite iwans, and the eastern and western sections are topped by a decorated wooden roof. The dome is erected on four columns and rises about 20 meters, which is the style followed in the Mamluk era.

It dates back to the Ottoman era and is built on a high room, which remains of the Ansari corner in the city of Faraskur, and contains a room made of conical inlaid wood.

It is located in the city of Faraskur. It is a ribbed dome erected on a high room and dates back to the Ottoman era in the eighth century AH.

It was built in the eighteenth century and has an area of 122,500 square meters. It represents a military fortress from a series of military fortifications that were built to protect Egypt from naval invasion. It consists of a wall, watchtowers, defense towers, some barracks for soldiers, and a small mosque.

It is located southeast of the city of Faraskur, where a Roman bath was found, which is unique in the eastern Delta region. It has a lower tank for storing water, interspersed with sewage lines. A residential area was also found adjacent to this bath, indicating that this area was full of buildings and markets, as well as a factory for juice and oil extraction (olive oil) and wine juice, which was used to serve the bath area. A tomb with a strange character was also discovered, dating back to To the Roman and Coptic era.

It is located south of the city at the end of the industrial zone. Coffins and icons from the Roman era were found next to the monastery hill, and the area became part of the Antiquities Authority.

Its establishment dates back to 1650 AD and it was called the old (Laban Market) and it contains the bones of Saint George Muzahim, who was martyred in the ninth century AD.

It was established in 1745 and was owned by the Roman budget officials. It was known at the time as the Church of the Past. With the extinction of the Catholic families from Damietta, the church passed to the Coptic Orthodox. It contains the body of Saint Sidhom Beshay, who was martyred in this spot. There is also a piece of wood from the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, donated by His Grace Bishop Markos, Bishop of Marseille in 1974 AD.

Located in the Christian Alley, it dates back to 600 AD. It was renovated in 1845 AD and contains some ancient inscriptions and icons.