Founded by Alexander
the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria became the
capital of Greco-Roman Egypt, its status as a
beacon of culture symbolized by Pharos, the
legendary lighthouse that was one of the Seven
Wonders of the World.
The setting for the
stormy relationship between Cleopatra and Mark
Anthony, Alexandria was also the center of
learning in the ancient world. But ancient
Alexandria declined, and when Napoleon landed,
he found a sparsely populated fishing village.
The city have been choose as the most clean
City many times of the Mediterranean area
becomes an evidence on the history with it's
different stages, Pharaonic, Roman, Islamic,
Coptic Egypt.
