Al-Azhar Park lies in Al-Darb al-Ahmar in Historic Cairo. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture's Historic Cities Support Programme created it, funded by a grant from Aga Khan IV to Cairo. The article names no individual designers and says only that the master plan was developed with help from Sasaki. The park was decided on in 1984, the Trust took over the site in 1996, earthworks began in 1997 and it opened in 2005.
It covers about 30 hectares (74 acres) and has terraced gardens, fountains, waterways, cafés, playgrounds, overlooks and a reservoir. The restored Ayyubid wall, with its gates Bab al-Barqiyya and Bab al-Mahruq, uses limestone.
The article describes Islamic garden influences, including Fatimid archways, Persian and Timurid water elements and Mamluk stonework. It gives no hours or fees.
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