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  2. Citadel of Qaitbay - Wikipedia

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    Ceiling in Qaitbay Citadel, Alexandria Side view of Qaitbay Citadel. The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built from 1477 to 1479 AD (882–884 AH) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. [2]

  3. List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

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    13th century BC Tel Kadwa Fort, Sinai [60] 13th century BC Tel Al Hebr Fort, Sinai [60] 13th century BC Kharouba Fort, Sinai [60] 13th century BC Baer Al-Abd Fort, Sinai [60] Unknown time Pharonic El Tina castle, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai [5] [7] [34] Circa 100 BC Ptolemaic Fort of Tal Abou Sayfi, South of Qantara Sharq city. [7]

  4. Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The main sport that interests Alexandrians is football, as is the case in the rest of Egypt and Africa. Alexandria Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was used for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. The stadium is the oldest stadium in Egypt, being built in 1929.

  5. Borg El Arab Stadium - Wikipedia

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    The Borg El Arab Stadium (Arabic: ستاد برج العرب), sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria (Arabic: ستاد الجيش ببرج العرب), is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea resort of Amreya; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt.

  6. Lighthouse of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate

  7. List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The first sites in Egypt were listed in 1979, when five properties were inscribed. Since then, two more sites have been listed, Saint Catherine Area in 2002 and Wadi al Hitan in 2005. The latter is the only natural site in Egypt, the other sites being listed for their cultural properties. [4]

  8. Archaeologists Found a 3,000-Year-Old Fort in the Desert—and ...

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    Archaeologists found a 3,000-year-old fort in the Egyptian desert with ... The Tell Al-Abqain excavation site in northwest Egypt yielded a new military fort discovery that including stashed ...

  9. Borg El Arab - Wikipedia

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    Borg El Arab is widely considered an extension of the city of Alexandria. [2] On 23 April 1973 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met with Syrian president Hafez al-Assad at the presidential resort in Borg El Arab for two days of detailed discussions in preparation for the joint offensive on Israel which launched the Yom Kippur War.

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