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Bibliotheca Alexandrina and other places from Alexandria
Duration
3 to 4 hours
Overview
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Join the luxurious tour at the legendary city founded by Alexander the Great.You can see there many thousands of books. it reaches about 2 milions. the library has shelf space for eight million books, with the main reading room covering 20,000 square metres on eleven cascading levels.The complex also houses a conference center; specialized libraries for maps, multimedia, the blind and visually impaired, young people and for children;four museums;four art galleries for temporary exhibitions; 15 permanent exhibitions & planetarium. The main reading room tilted out toward the sea like a sundial then you will visit the Cathedral which is founded by St. Mark the Evangelist in AD 60 (author of the second Gospel) has been connected with the city of Alexandria since earliest Christian tradition . you will also visit abbo el Abbas mosque which was redesigned and built in today's current form by Eugenio Valzania and Mario Rossi and was influenced by Egypt's Old Cairo buildings and architecture.