Cairo Citadel Aqueduct
He inaugurated the ancient hexagonal intake tower of the Cairo Citadel Aqueduct (Mamluk Aqueduct), which was operating to raise water to the top of the tower and then in channels along the aqueduct and then to the citadel.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attended Wednesday the signing ceremony of two contracts between the Ministry of Housing's City Edge and Hilton Group.
The government is granting 1,600 families fully-furnished units elsewhere.
President Sisi also exchanged greetings with citizens and workers in a pottery workshop in Old Cairo, where he listened to their requests and needs.
The project to develop the Cairo Citadel Aqueduct aims to revive this historical area and re-highlight its cultural splendor with its important cultural value.
The Egyptian state pays great attention to the development of archaeological areas and museums, which bear the fragrance of the ancient Egyptian history. Among those sites is the development of Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct.
It was established as aqueducts to carry water to the citadel more than 600 years ago during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Salah Al-Din Al-Ayyubi, the founder of the Ayyubid State in Egypt (from 1169 AD until 1193).
