Fountain of Qayt Bay

[6][7] It is probable that the same team of engineers, architects and builders constructed both the Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya and the Fountain of Qayt Bay, and that they were sent by Sultan Qaytbay from Egypt to Quds to execute the work.

Placed on a raised prayer platform, together with a freestanding mihrab,[1] the Fountain of Qayt Bay is a three-tiered structure over 13 metres high, consisting of a base, a transition zone and its dome.

[9] The tallest part of the fountain is the base,[9] which is a simple square room built in an ablaq construction method of blending red and cream stones, with wide grilled windows and a small entrance.

The complex zone of transition steps in several stages from the square base to the round and high drum that merges into the dome itself.

Mamluk-era star-pattern strap work details the building interior, but the external lintels are from the Ottoman era of rule in Palestine.