It's the second largest city in Egypt with a population of 3.5 millions; it's the largest seaport and the country's window to the Mediterranean Sea. The city has founded in the 334 BC by the Greek conqueror Alexander the great. There are a diverse of historical monuments to be seen, additional to the modern state of Alexandria with its streets & amusements.
Excursions:
Citadel of qaite bey: built by mamlouk sultan Abdul Nasser qaite bey in 1477 AD, it's located in the pharos light house ( one of the past seven world wonders ) . It was built to protect the city from the crusaders attacks during this period of time...
Bibliotheca of Alexandria: a huge modern library & research center constructed on the site of the former library of Alexandria (has been destroyed 400 AD). It carries a historical collection of rare books...
Graeco-roman museum: a history museum with a vast collection mostly dated back to the 3rd century BC till the 3rd century AD, spanning the Ptolemaic & roman periods..
Roman catacomb: a stunning set of catacombs with a fascinating mix of roman & Egyptian iconography.
pompey's pillar : an ancient monument , a 25 meter high granite column was constructed in honor of the emperor Diocletian in 297 AD …
Alexandria national museum : it has more then 1800 archaeological pieces exhibited chronologically ; the basement is devoted to prehistoric & pharonic times ; first floor to the graeco-roman period ; second floor to the Coptic & Islamic periods that high lights artifacts raised during recent underwater excavations ..
Roman theatre: it built in the 2nd century AD; this roman amphitheatre has 13 semicircular tiers made of white & gray marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries & sections of mosaic-flooring. In the Ptolemaic times this area was the park of pan, a pleasure garden surrounded by roman villas & baths…
Royal jewelry museum: a rare collection of jewelry goes back to Mohamed Ali pasha family …
Museum of fine arts : a collection of portraits from old & modern egyptian artists …
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