Alexandria illustrated /
Haag, Michael,1943-author.
Haag, Michael,1943-Alexandria.
Brown, Iain Gordon,former owner.StEdNL
"In this guide to one of the world's great cities, Michael Haag explores Alexandria's past and present in word and picture, from the ancient Pharos to the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, from Anfushi to Montazah. He directs our curiosity not only toward the ancient monuments of the city and its fine Greco-Roman Museum and new National Museum, but also to the ambience of a more modern era, that cosmopolitan Alexandria alive with the literary echoes of Cavafy, Forster, and Durrell. Beautifully illustrated with 125 color photographs, this is a fascinating armchair tour of the pageant that is Alexandria."--Jacket.
"First published in 1993 as Alexandria"--opposite of title page.
An outline of people and events including maps of the city -- Around Saad Zaghloul Square including the site of the Caesareum and Cleopatra's needles -- The Eastern Harbor and the Grand Corniche -- Around Midan el Tahrir including the Souk el Attarine -- The Turkish town the Shorbagi, Terbana, Abou el Abbas, and Bouseiri mosques -- Early Ptolemaic tombs at Anfushi -- Fort Qaytbey and the Pharos -- The acropolis of the Ptolemies Pompey's Pillar and the Serapeum -- The Greco-Roman catacombs at Kom el Shogafa and the Tigrane tomb -- The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate -- The Canopic Way including the Cavafy Museum -- The Roman theater and baths excavations at Kom el Dikka -- The Greco-Roman Museum -- The Alexandria National Museum -- The Shallalat Gardens and the Arab walls -- The Christian and Jewish cemeteries -- The search for the tomb of Alexander the Great -- Toward Moharrem Bey and the Nouzha and Antoniadis Gardens -- The Bibliotheca Alexandrina the new Alexandria Library -- Alexandria's Mediterranean seafront including the Chatby and Mustafa Kamel necropolises -- The Royal Jewelry Museum -- Montazah the royal palace and gardens -- Lake Mariut.
"In this guide to one of the world's great cities, Michael Haag explores Alexandria's past and present in word and picture, from the ancient Pharos to the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, from Anfushi to Montazah. He directs our curiosity not only toward the ancient monuments of the city and its fine Greco-Roman Museum and new National Museum, but also to the ambience of a more modern era, that cosmopolitan Alexandria alive with the literary echoes of Cavafy, Forster, and Durrell. Beautifully illustrated with 125 color photographs, this is a fascinating armchair tour of the pageant that is Alexandria."--Jacket.
Provenance: Printed label on inside front cover: Ex libris, Iain Gordon Brown, F.S.A.
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