الثلاثاء، 12 يونيو 2012

Alexandria National Museum


Alexandria National Museum is a museum in the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
The museum contains over 1,800 artifacts representing most of the ages that passed over the city which was founded in 332 BC. M.
The Museum is a former palace of  wealthy timber merchant in the city, "Assad Basile," which he created the palace in the style of Italian architecture.
The palace was sold in 1954 to the U.S. Embassy with $ 53 thousand Egyptian pounds, and then bought by the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt with $ 12 million Egyptian pounds, which convert it to the national museum of the city. The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurated on September 1, 2003.

Mursi Abul-Abbas Mosque


One of the oldest and most famous mosques which was built in Alexandria in Egypt, where the 
the distinctive domes distinctive shape , and the mosque is one of the most important characteristic of the area of ​​Abu Abbas in the maritime city.
Sheikh Mursi Abul-Abbas was born in 616 AH 1219 AD.
Abu Abbas grew up in an environment prepared for the religious mysticism
He studied and took the Covenant at the hands of Sheikha Abu Hassan Shazly
Abu al-Abbas stayed in Alexandria for forty-three years until he died on the year 686 AH and was buried in Alexandria Cemetery in the door of the sea. 
at 706 AH Sheikh Zinedine Al-Qattan , great merchants of Alexandria, built a mosque over the cemetery. Mosque overlooking the port in the eastern Al Anfoushi , A building on the Andalusian, and its marble columns and copper, and The main feature of the mosque is the style Arab and Andalusian decoration

الجمعة، 8 يونيو 2012

Manesterly Palace


The ancient palace is an architectural masterpiece , built on an area of ​​1000 m 2 K-Island Cairo Hassan Fouad Pasha Manesterly (Macedonian origin) created, in the year (1851 m / 1267 AH). As the impact of history, the Egyptian government seized the palace in 1951 and has renovated and restored. The palace now hosts important cultural festivals, and concerts, and there are minors (singer Umm Kulthum Museum), and Egypt is receiving guests from around the world in the palace.

El Aqmar Mosque


Aqmar mosque is a mosque in Fatimid Cairo, and this mosque is located in the Alnahacen Street, and was built by the minister (El mamoun ben elbatayhi) by order of the Caliph , at year 519 AH (1125 AD).
Tells (Maqrizi) that the mosque was built in place of a monastery which was called (well greatness), as they used to contain the bones of some of the martyrs of the Copts.
Inscription on the entrance to the mosque
The mosque was called by that name because of the color of the white stones that resemble the color of the moon.

Porto Marina


Is
a new area on the Mediterranean,  about 100 km only
from Alexandria,
Full of
luxurious restaurants .. And cafes overlooking the sea .. And beautiful hotels
The
yacht harbor is the largest in Africa .. and includes a
1400 yacht for rent .. You can rent it per hour or more as you wish.
Come
learn about the city through some beautiful pictures