The Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt

 

 

Lighthouse and bridge at Montaza Beach, one of the best beaches in Alexandria.

 

 

Fishing boats in the East Harbor. 

 

 

Fishing boats need to be mended and painted.

 

 

 

 

 

Originally built in the15th-century on the ruins of the famed
Alexandria Lighthouse, the Citadel of Qaitbay overlooks the East Harbor. 

 

 

 

This defensive fortress was reconstructed in the XX century.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in pictures

 

Library staff gather outside the building to form a human shield during the Arab Spring revolt of 2011.

 

 

 

 

All is calm inside the building.

 

 

Back view of the library with a pool that surrounds the building.

 

 

Bibliotheka Alexandrina at night with the Planetarium on the right.

 

A view of the library from the sea.

 

 

Security around the library is very tight.