The Beautiful City Of Alexandria – Egypt

Alexandria - Egypt

Alexandria is the major seaport and the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo. Alexandria is the Largest city on the Mediterranean Sea. It founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great. Alexandria is around 3 hours drive from Cairo (225 KM). It is extremely crowded during the summer where most of the Egyptian travel there to spend the hot summer day for their good weather during this season. The most famous area which is very busy during the summer is the 20 KM costal line which call “El Konrniesh”

The great site in Alexandria

The great lighthouse is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

The Library of Alexandria which begun under Ptolemy the First in 305 BCE and completed by Ptolemy the second in 285BCE and included more than half million books at this time.

Roman Alexandria

Alexandria become under the Roman Empire at 31 BCE after Cleopatra and Mark Anthony both Committed suicide after they defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium and took title Augustus

Roman Amphitheater,

was constructed in the 4^th century AD. The Amphitheater were special roofed theatres that were built to host music ceremonies and poet competition during the reign of the Romans in Egypt.

Katacombs of Kom El Shoqafa,

It was founded around 832 B.C. The tombs combine ancient Egyptian with Greek and Roman motifs that makes them quite different

Pompey’s Pillar/ Sarapeum (Serapeion),

Pompey’s is a Roman triumphal column the largest of its type constructed outside the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople, located at the Serapeum of Alexandria.

Qaitbay Castle,

Sultan Qaitbey built this Castle during the 14th century to defend Alexandria from the advances of the Ottoman Empire. His efforts were in vain since the Ottomans took control of Egypt in 1512, but the fortress has remained, strategically located on a thin arm of land that extends out into Alexandria’s harbor from the corniche.

The fortress’ current form is not the original. It was heavily damaged during the British bombardment of Alexandria during a nationalist uprising against British hegemony in 1882 and rebuilt around the turn of the 20th century.

As with most things in Alexandria, the building itself is not what is most significant about this location.

Montazah Park

El-Montazah was the resident for the ruling family of Egypt only. This is change since the 1952 Egyptian revolution. The Montazah garden and Palace become available for the public with small entrance fee to keep the maintenance of the place. There were two palaces on the grounds. The first one, Al Salamlik, was built in 1892 as lodge for the King and his friends. The palace was renovated during the 1970’s to serve as an official presidential residence during the summer months. Now, it is open as luxury hotel.

King Fuad, the last successor of the Muhammed Ali Dynasty before the 1952 revolution, built the larger Al Haramlik Palace in 1932 with a unique architectural style that combines both Turkish and Florentine influences. Today Al Haramlik houses a public museum to history and art of the Muhammed Ali Dynasty.

Some helpful website about Alexandria

https://www.ancient.eu/alexandria/