# Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i

Cairo, Egypt

The Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafii honors the ninth-century jurist who founded one of Sunni Islam's major schools of law. Crowned by a vast wooden dome topped with a copper boat, it is the largest freestanding tomb in Egypt.

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Coordinates: 30.012, 31.258

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