Citadel of Qaitbay
A fifteenth-century Mamluk fortress on the site of the Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
Alexandria
Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi
Alexandria's best-loved mosque, a 1940s neo-Mamluk landmark over the tomb of a thirteenth-century Andalusian Sufi saint.
Pompey's Pillar and the Serapeum
A 27-metre granite column raised for Diocletian on the hill of the Serapeum, the great temple of Serapis and 'daughter' library of Alexandria.
Taposiris Magna
A Ptolemaic temple of Osiris and a lighthouse tower modelled on the Pharos, west of Alexandria — where the search for Cleopatra's tomb continues.
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