About Alexandria

Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B.S, It is characterized by blue skies and wonderful beaches.

Alexandria is the perfect place to take your holiday as it has its special weather in summer and winter.

It became home to one of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pharos or Lighthouse of Alexandria, as well as the legendary Library of Alexandria.

The site chosen was already home to a small fishing town, Rhakotis, but would soon expand beyond all recognition.

 In these early years Alexandria was known best for being the city to which the body of Alexander the Great was returned by Ptolemy. 

Ptolemy was one of Alexander's generals and it was into his hands that the city was passed.

Today, Alexandria still retains much of its historic character.

 Many late 18th- and early 19th-century townhouses and warehouses remain in the "Old Town" section of the city, along the west bank of the Potomac River,While still a residential area for many Federal employees, Alexandria is also home to many national associations, corporations, restaurants, shops and other businesses. 

Many old landmarks have become museums, historic sites and art galleries. 

Public parks line the waterfront and the river is actively used by fishermen and recreational boaters.

Visitors to the National Capitol area find that Alexandria serves as a quaint change of pace from the hectic hustle of downtown Washington, a place to relax and discover what the region was like many years ago, Although it is now only a shadow of its once cosmopolitan self, Alexandria still contains several sights of religious interest, including temple ruins, a Coptic cathedral, excellent museums, and several beautiful mosques

Alexandria founded by Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the nature of the ancient world in little more than a decade.

Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July 356 BC. His parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympias. Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle.

Alexander was acknowledged as a military genius who always led by example, although his belief in his own indestructibility meant he was often reckless with his own life and those of his soldiers. The fact that his army only refused to follow him once in 13 years of a reign during which there was constant fighting, indicates the loyalty he inspired.

Is the last remaining of the temple Alserabayoum which it established by Bustumus, this column created in the third century AD in the year 292, it is a column of pink marble a glorification of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. mast Column is the highest monument in the world as there are granite statues on the north of the column to sphinxes dating back to the era of Ptolemy the sixth, and there are three statues on the West of column.

Situated on the entrance to Alexandria 's eastern harbor where the place was exact of the famous Lighthouse.

This Citadel was established by the Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Alnasr Saif Eldin Qaitbay  who came to Egypt as slave not over 20 years of age. 

It was built to be a defensive fortress on the Mediterranean Sea coast. 

One of the tombs of Alexandria in the Roman era, located in Karmoz, the tombs kind is Kata Combe, it is a type of graves in the first three centuries AD, cemetery Kata Combe is the main cemetery, it is in Kom Al Shokafa, it carried this name because of the similarity in layout between it and 

Christianity Kata Comp in Rome, the name of the Kata Comp convention called on the graves dug under the surface of the earth.