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ALEXANDRIA


 Intro

Fishing boats

Undulating corniche

Catacombs

Roman Amphitheatre

Villa of Birds

Pompey's Pillar and Serapeum

Fort Qaitbey

Library of Alexandria

The construction

Graeco-Roman Museum

Sunken city

Montazah Palace Gardens

Coptic Cathedral

The mosques

Synagogue

A touch of the old world

Practicalities

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Eating & sleeping

Getting around

Climate

Health

Safety

Costs & currencies

Shopping

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ALEXANDRIA:
The mosques

Al-Mursi Mosque, Alexandria, Egypt


Downtown Mosque, Alexandria, Egypt

Contrary to Cairo, Alexandria has no historically or architecturally important mosques. The many structures around town are rather new, representing rebuilding of older, smaller mosques (which would have been important had they survived) and designs are based on other mosques.
Still, there is one which is beautiful in all respects, the al-Mursi mosque (top photo) in the western part of the Eastern Harbour. Originally built in 1775, it was largely expanded in 1943 when four domes and a minaret was added.

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