Alexandria Culture and Sights

In Egypt, the only outdoor amphitheater will also find concerts of classical music. In 1964, the amphitheater uncovered, it offered 800 spectators place. Attractions: floor mosaics with bird motifs in t...

Their model was 49 BC victim to the flames. The architecture of the new building, a angekippte disc with 160 m diameter, is worth seeing, as are the collections of old manuscripts and historical photo...

Originally stood at the site of the famous Pharos Lighthouse, which in the 14th Century following an earthquake collapses. The fortress of the 15th Century houses a naval museum (admission £ 10 E). In...

In 2003, the exhibition, designed by Italian Maurizio De Paulo, in the former Bassili Pasha Palace opened. Greek-Roman, Coptic and Islamic exhibits on three floors. Well worth seeing! Sharia Fouad, 9-...

QaitbeyThe northern tip of Pharos was once the site of the famous ancient lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the world, which was destroyed by two earthquakes in the 14th century. The northern tip ...

The collection is well worth looking at; it primarily includes art and objects from the tombs of the surrounding area from the period 300 BC to AD 300. Among the Egyptian exhibits, note the colossal sta...

A burial site hewn into the rock on the southern slope of a hill. It probably dates from the 2nd century AD and provides a lovely example of the typical Alexandrian mixture of Egyptian and Graeco-Roman ...