Fort Qaitbey (The Citadel of Qaitbey) in alexandria

Fort Qaitbey (The Citadel of Qaitbey) The island of Pharos was a major port having two huge harbors. The Fort was built in the 1480's by Sultan Qaitbey, on the site of Alexandria's ancient lighthouse.  Parts of the remains of the lighthouse can be seen in the construction of the...

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Muntazah Palace in alexandria

This 115 acre complex is surrounded by great walls from the south, east and west, and with the beach on its north side. This area used to belong to the Mohamed Ali family, that ruled Egypt from the mid 19th century until 1952.  The construction was started in...

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Old Alexandria

Dinocrates built the Heptastadion, the causeway between Pharos and the mainland. This divided the harbors into the Western and Eastern. The Eastern harbor was really where the old harbor from the Middle Ages was located. Of modern Alexandria, the oldest section is along the causeway which links what...

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alexandria in egypt

The second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria, called "The Pearl of the Mediterranean", has an atmosphere that is  more Mediterranean than Middle Easte  Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria became the capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, its status as a beacon of culture symbolized by Pharos,...

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