num_pages: 160
description: Created 2300 years ago at the wish of Alexander the Great Alexandria is still the largest city in the Mediterranean world. It evokes a succession of images - the Tomb of Alexander the Pharos the Library Antony and Cleopatra Cavafy and Durrell all reminders of its magnificence and cultural influence. Over the centuries it has known many setbacks. In 1820 with the advent of Mohammed Ali it began to reawaken and became a model of cosmopolitanism of which many still regret the passing. Today with the building of the great new library the Bibliotheca Alexandrina the city is again looking to the future.
language: English
title: Alexandria: Past, Present and Future
publisher: Thames & Hudson