The facade of Al-Rifa'i Mosque (Masjid Al-Rifa'i) rises above an open archaeological site in the Midan Al-Qal'a area of Historic Cairo, where excavated stone foundations and landscaped garden plots are enclosed by iron fencing. The mosque, completed in 1912 under Khedival patronage, stands adjacent to the Sultan Hassan Mosque complex and is the burial site of Egypt's royal family and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. The surrounding ruins represent earlier Islamic-era structures that once occupied this significant heritage zone.