Welcome to "ALEXANDRIA"
and became the capital of Egypt instead of Alexandria,but Arabs admired the rich history of Alexandria city,so they started to built splendid mosques,cisterns,walls,fortesses..during their rule in Spain (Andalucia ),some scholars came and took Alexandria as their resident,like El mursi Abu el Abbas(he was Andalusian ) and we have a his famous mosque (the one in this above pic),it's the biggest mosque & most ancient one in my city...the mosque was built on Andalusian style.
Alexandria continued to flourish as a trading center, principally for textiles and luxury goods, as Arab influence expanded westward through North Africa and then into Europe. The city also was important as a naval base, especially under the Fatimids and the Mamluks, Alexandria survived the early Crusades relatively unscathed, and the city came into its own again with the development of the East-West spice trade,which Egypt monopolized,The loss of this trade--which came about after the discovery of the sea route to India
in 1498 and the Turkish conquest of Egypt in 1517--was the final blow to the city's fortunes,Under Turkish
rule the canal linking Alexandria to the Rosetta branch of the Nile was allowed to silt up, strangling the city's commercial lifeline.
more than 100 years.
and in 1907 they made up about 25% of the population. During World War II, as the chief Allied naval base in the Mediterranean, Alexandria was bombed by the Germans...
*the Egyptian white revolution 23th of July 1952:
by the 1952,there was a grand revolution(we called White revolution cause there was no blood-shed has happened) against the occupation and the King,then from that time Egypt becomes Republic..and completely
free country.
Egypt(specially Alexandria)has been invaded by different foreign foreces over by over,those invaders tried to settle down in Egypt and to erase its Egyptian identity...but Egyptians got more stuck to their heritage and
never been changed...we love our country and so proud of our history.
now our past invaders became our Friends ,indeed Egypt has very good political,commercial&cultural
relations with all her neighbours in area.
Its cultural role is still preserved ,Alexandria is considered to be the most cleanest city in Egypt, as there is no any sort of pollution,the city is full of Malls,Libraries,beaches along the corniche,restaurants,theatres and resorts.Definitely it is worth your visit.
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-There are important archaeological excavations are running now to discover the old city of Alexandria which have been sunken underwater
(submerged monuments).
*for more information about Submerged monuments please check these sites:-
*ALEXANDRIAN STUDIES ACADEMY
*FRANK GODDIO'S SITE
* Diving in Alexandria
