General Information
| Completion: | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Dome |
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| Function / usage: |
Mausoleum / tomb |
Location
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Mausoleum of Aga Khan is the mausoleum of Aga Khan III, Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, who died in 1957. The mausoleum is located at Aswan, along the Nile of Egypt, since Egypt was formerly the centre of power of the Fatimids.
The mausoleum is built in the style of the Fatimid tombs in Cairo. It is built of pink limestone, while the tomb is built of white Carrara marble. The Aga Khan was buried there two years after he died, since he used to spend part of the winter season living in a nearby villa.
A red rose is laid on the Aga Khan's tomb every day--a practice first started by the Aga Khan's wife, Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Mausoleum of Aga Khan" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2001): Ägypten - Kunst und Architektur. Könemann, Cologne (Germany), pp. 492.
- (1997): Ägypten und Sinai. Pharaonische Tempel und islamische Traditionen. Dumont Kunst-Reiseführer, Cologne (Germany), pp. 367.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20008900 - Published on:
27/03/2003 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
