Egypt reopens country’s largest mausoleum dome of Al-Imam Al-Shafie after restoration

Egypt reopens country’s largest mausoleum dome of Al-Imam Al-Shafie after restoration

Published 19 Apr,2021 via Daily News Egypt - Egypt reopened the largest mausoleum dome in the country, on Sunday, of Al-Imam Al-Shafie after a restoration and maintenance project that has lasted for almost five years.

The inauguration was attended by: Khaled El-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities; Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, Minister of Religious Endowments; Governor of Cairo Khaled Abdel Aal; the Chairperson of the Religious Committee at Egypt's House of Representatives; and Jonathan Cohen, the US Ambassador to Cairo.

The conservation project on the dome started in 2016, and was implemented in cooperation with the Athar Lina Initiative- Megawra. It received funding from the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

El-Anani expressed his pleasure at the completion of the huge project, which cost more than EGP 22m.

The minister described the opening of the dome, which serves as the shrine of Imam Al-Shafie, as the best celebration of World Heritage Day.

He stressed that this project is an embodiment of the