Alexandria Travel Guide

Alexandria is the second most big city of Egypt, it is called " The pearl of Méditerrané ".
It is the biggest seaport used in the majority of the imports and the exports of Egypt.
Alexandria represents the intersection between the culture and the history of the average east and the magnificent Mediterranean atmosphere.
Alexandria is a city to be investigated at random. It is as well important to take advantage of its atmosphere as to discover places deserving of interest.
Alexandria obtained its name of the Greek conqueror "Alexander the Great" (Al Iskandar Al Akbar) who established it in 334 avenue JC then it made it the capital of Greco-Roman Egypt. His successors put the foreground of the city which we see today.
The lighthouse of Alexandria: avenue JC by Ptolémée 1st in the island of Pharos (the citadel of Qaitebay at present) .La was built in the third century height of the lighthouse(headlight) was between 115 and 150 meters, it was among the highest structures of the world, the 3eme after 2 great pyramids " Khufu and Khafra " .et for it it was one of 7 world wonders. The lighthouse was built by 3 floors: a lower square section with a central heart, an octagonal section averages and above, a superior section. And on the summit there was a mirror which reflected the sunlight during the day and of the light used for night. The lighthouse was damaged by 2 earthquakes in 1303 and 1323.
The ancient library of Alexandria: which was the biggest library of the ancient world. Among the most famous followers of scientism who lived in Alexandria in this time: " "" Euclid " Ktisibios, Menelaos "and" Hipatias Archimede ". Alexandria welcomed the biggest Jewish community and it is that was written "Septuagint" who is the first Greek translation of the Bible in Hebrew. Alexandria remained the capital of Egypt for a millenium during the period Roman, Byzantine and Persian. Then Arabic entered Egypt and changed the capital in a city situated in the South of Cairo. Alexandria was the main port of the business, and thanks to its strategic place, it was the place of entrance of Egypt by several conquerors as Napoleon who gave the assault to this city in 1798 and also English occupied her during the " Seat of Alexandria " in 1801. Egyptians by means of Mohamed Ali took back the control on their city and reconstructed her. Since Gamal Abdel Nasser's revolution and libration of Egypt in 1956 and so far Alexandria is the 2eme more big city and the main port of Egypt and one of the most beautiful cities which we can see.
What to see in Alexandria?
- Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi mosque Alexanria, Egypt
- Attarine
- The Citadel Qaitbey Alexandria in Egypt
- The cemetery Mustafa Kamel
- Castle Muntazah
- The church of Saint-Marc
- The necropolis Tegran
- The Greco-Roman Museum
- Al Anfushi Tombs
- The Amphitheater
- The Catacombs of Kom El-Shuqafa
- Pompey's Pillar
- The Roman Theater
- Pillar
- Temple of Magna Taposiris
- Submerged Monuments
- Stanly beaches of Montazah, in Ma'amoura, of Agami and Hannoville