One of the surviving landmarks from the cosmopolitan era of Alexandria,is the villa and garden of Antoniadis at the Semouha district .The villa with its magnificent garden was originally owned by Sir John Antoniadis,a wealthy Alexandrian of Greek origins .=. The Villa garden house a collection of statues sculpted in the Greek style [ featuring personalities from the Greek mythology ],in addition to statues of famous historical figures and. There are also several archeological remains in the gardens, including a Roman tomb and a cistern. <br />-The garden also house a collection of rare plant species,making it one of the few scientifically based botanical gardens in Egypt <br />Presented below are some photos of the villa and its garden,some photos were photographed by me in 2000,others were adopted from <br />http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/antoniadis.htm <br />The accompanning music is that of an old Greek song from the mid 30s, [Rita Abadzi – Mime stelis mana anastin Ameriki ] <br />1.Palace of Antoniadis [3 photos] <br />2.Cycas revoluta [Cycadaceae] tree <br />3.Spherically shaped Ficus nitida [Moraceae] plants <br />4.A Greek style statue [Venus] [2 photos] <br />5.Another Greek style female figure [2 photos] <br />6.Araucaria bedwilii [Araucariaceae] tree,a very rare tree in Egypt. <br />7.A Greek style statue on an elevation [2 photos] <br />8.Statue of Vasco Da Gama <br />9.A Greek style statue <br />10.Statue of Ferdinand Magelan <br />11.Statue of Nelson <br />12.Statue of Christofer Columbus <br />13.View of some locations in the garden [2 photos] <br />14.Statue of Venus <br />15.Roman tomb [drawing] <br />16.Statue of Nelson <br />17.Some scenes from the garden [3 photos] <br />18. Greek style male statue [Hermes]
