Alexandria

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ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.

We have visited Alexandria, a wonderful town in Egypt. We stayed two weeks and we slept in Acropole Hotel where we payed 40 LE by nights. We travelled only by bus on the middle of population Egyptian. We starded by the historical monuments, in first time, we visited the Citadel of Qaitbay, One of the icons of the city at a beautiful location, the fortress overlooks the Mediterranean Sea and the city itself. Built by Mameluke Sultan Abdul-Nasser Qa'it Bay in 1477 AD but razed and reconstructed twice since.This citadel was built in 1480 by Sultan Qaitbay on the site of the Pharos Lighthouse, to protect the city from the crusaders who used to attack the city by sea. LE 25, LE 15 (student). In second time, we saw the Cemetery of Mostafa Kamel, The cemetery includes four tombs dating from the second century BC, all of which are in excellent condition and beautifully decorated. The cemetery bears the name of Mostafa Kamel, one of Egypt's largest political twentieth century legends. It was he who pronounced the famous phrase: "If I was not born as an Egyptian, I would like to be an Egyptian." And at the end we visited Pompey's Pillar, Karmouz. An ancient monument, this 25-meter-high granite column was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 297. The confined area where the column stands also has other ruins and sculptures such as the Serapium oracle. Also beside this area is a very big shopping center for cloth and furniture called "El-Saa3a," where you can find many types of cloth or clothes. LE 20, LE 15 (student). We saw Alexandria National Museum, in the Latin quarter history Museum with more than 1800 archaeological pieces exhibited chronologically: the basement is devoted to Prehistoric and Pharonic times; first floor to the Graeco-Roman period; second floor to the Coptic and Islamic era that highlights artifacts raised during recent underwater excavations. We have ate in the Alexandrian ice cream is similar to the typical

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