Qaitbay Castle in Rasheed Tower
It is located o the wester shore of Rasheed brach orth of the city of Rashid about 6 km. It was built by the Mamluk Sulta Qaitbay, oe of the sultas of the Mamluks of Circassia i 886 AH / 1482 AD. The mai purpose of the buildig of the citadel was to repel the crusades that attacked the Mamluk coasts of Egypt ad the Levat, as well as the protectio of the Mamluk state from the Ottoma ambitios of Turkey.
The castle was built of limestoe, limestoe ad colums supportig the mai tower. The castle cosists of a rectagular outer wall supported by four corer towers i the form of three quarters of the circle, ad these towers are bouded from iside by several levels with slots dedicated to throwig arrows at the attackers, the etrace to the castle stoes with Pharaoic iscriptios, ad the ceter of the castle dedicated to the prayer of soldiers.
apoleo set a military squad from his campaig to Egypt to the castle of Qaitbay ad occupied it util 1800. The Frech lauched a ew ame, “Fortress of St. Julia”, ad from the additios of the Frech campaig o the castle i 1798 small opeigs i the towers to use gus.
I August 1799, the Frech commader Bouchard, who was i charge of restorig the castle, foud a stoe that was part of a old wall, the stoe later kow as the “Rosetta stoe” ad ow preserved i the British Museum i Lodo.
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