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Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by Project for Public Spaces .
The Park was created by the Historic Cities Support Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture ),
an entity of the Aga Khan Development Network .
The park, developed at a cost in excess of USD $30 million, was a gift to Cairo from Aga Khan IV. It is interesting to note that the city of Cairo was founded in the year 969 by the Fatimid Imam-Caliphs who were ancestors of the Aga Khan.
Al-Azhar Park in Winter
The park project was not only the development of the park,
but also included aspects of archeology (12th century Ayyubid wall), historic building rehabilitation (14th Century Umm Sultan Shaban Mosque, the 13th century Khayrbek complex, and the Darb Shoughlan School) and several quality of life improvement initiatives.
Those initiatives included skills training, area rehabilitation, microfinance, and support in the areas of health and education among others
The Park was created by the Historic Cities Support Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture ),
an entity of the Aga Khan Development Network .
The park, developed at a cost in excess of USD $30 million, was a gift to Cairo from Aga Khan IV. It is interesting to note that the city of Cairo was founded in the year 969 by the Fatimid Imam-Caliphs who were ancestors of the Aga Khan.
Al-Azhar Park in Winter
The park project was not only the development of the park,
but also included aspects of archeology (12th century Ayyubid wall), historic building rehabilitation (14th Century Umm Sultan Shaban Mosque, the 13th century Khayrbek complex, and the Darb Shoughlan School) and several quality of life improvement initiatives.
Those initiatives included skills training, area rehabilitation, microfinance, and support in the areas of health and education among others
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