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Cosmopolitan Alexandria [1860-1961 ] part 4

2008-05-29 2 Dailymotion

More photos featuring Cosmopolitan Alexandria are presented below. Many of them are from <br />http://www.virtualtourist.com/ <br /> <br />1.The Greek Nautinal Club situated near Fort Qayet Bay <br />2.Entrance of Greek Nautinal Club <br /> <br />3.House of the famous Alexandrian Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis (1863-1933) known as CONSTANTINE CAVAFY <br /> <br />4.Interior of Kavafis house <br />5.Interior of Kavafis house [photo of the poet at a younger age ] <br />6. Evangelsmos Greek church. In the heart of Alexandria, at Mansheia near Saint Catherine Square <br />7. Emblem of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate <br />of Alexandria and All Africa <br /> <br />8. Byzantine double eagle emblem seen at many Greek institutions <br />9, A recent statue of Alexander the Great ,donated to the city few years ago by former Greek Alexandrians living abroad. <br />10. Hellenic architecture inspired local artists ,This statue featuring Europa and the ox from Greek mythology was constructed in 1969,eight years after the departure of most European communities from Alexandria,It lies opposite to the new bibliotheca . <br />11A close up of the statue <br />12. An old building featuring a carved label [ Banque Imperiale Ottomane ] <br />13.European style buildings dominate Alexandria downtown <br />14. A building with a Florentine architecture <br />15.A building with an Italian Gothic architecture <br />16.Interior of Elyaho Ha Navi Jewish synagogue at Nabi Daniel street [ downtown ] <br />17. Jewish Cemetery at Azarita district <br />18. San Mark Collage [Chatby ]. <br />19. Interior of San Mark College . <br />20.Athineos Restaurant [originally owned by a Greek may be till 1961 or few years later] <br />21. Patisserie Delices entrance at Saad Zaghlool street <br /> <br />The accompanying music is that of an old Greek song dating from the 30s or before , it is presented as song no 9 at <br />http://www.helleniccomserve.com/oldgreekmusicrecords.html

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