Rosetta - Zaghlul Mosque

The mosques of Rosetta differ from other Egyptian mosques in the simplicity and clarity of their structure and their restrained decoration: only the doorway and the mihrab have the lavish ornament of the Arab-Egyptian style, often using fine faience. At the end of the main street, which runs south from the railroad station, with the picturesque covered bazaars, stands the large Zaghlul Mosque, a combination of two older mosques which achieves an astonishing harmony. It has more than 300 columns from various earlier buildings, their varying heights adjusted by the removal or duplication of capitals.