Fort Qaitbay Castle | Alexandria Day Trip from Cairo - Places to Visit | Egypt Travel Vlog | 30N19
Channel: A Dawn
Date: 2021-03-31

Qaitbay Citadel | The Fort Qaitbay Castle | Road Trip from Cairo to Alexandria | Alexandria Travel What to See

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The Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria on the tip of Pharos Island on the Mediterranean Sea coast. Built in 1477 AD by Sultan Qaitbay to protect. Alexandria from the Ottoman Empire, but the Ottomans took over Egypt in 1512, anyway.

After heavily bombarded and damaged by the British fleet in 1882, Fort Qaitbay Castle was reconstructed by the founding father of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha in the early 19th century

The Citadel of Qaitbay sits on the exact location of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria. They built the Citadel with stone salvaged from the lighthouse. 

There are three floors. I saw a huge mosque on the first floor. The second floor has an octagonal corridor and halls, and the third floor was the king's living space. 

The 2nd floor looked like a maze, with lots of cubbyhole-like mini tunnels for the guards to watch the sea approaching enemy ships. I would easily get lost without my guide.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Roadside Alexandria
0:50 Fort Qaitbay Castle 
1:37 Inside the Castle
2:11 Cubbyhole-like Mini Tunnels 
2:45 Like A Maze

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