Where in the World (524)

Answer to edition 523

The architecture indicates the city is likely to be somewhere in the Middle East. Some may be able to identify the buildings as the Mosque of Sultan Hasan, built in the 13th century. It can be found in the Old Quarter of Cairo.

Where in the World 523 Cairo
Mosque of Sultan Hasan, Cairo

Last week's winners

Congratulations to those who identified the distorted city from Where in the World (523) as the Egyptian capital, Cairo: Tim (@timofnewbury), Todd (@toddunctious), Claudia (@crevilla_), Atul (@pixodentist) and Jackie (@jackiesjourneys).

Well done everyone.

This week's "Where in the World..."

The distorted photograph is from an angle that we don’t often see. The city is fairly well known even though it is not a tourist destination in the traditional sense. There are several clues as to the city’s identity

Where in the World 524 distorted image

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