Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in , Egypt. It is a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria, once one of the largest libraries worldwide, which was lost in antiquity.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: major library and cultural center in Alexandria, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Aklatan ng Alejandria”, “Aklatan ng Alejandría”, “Aklatan ng Alexandria”, “Aklatang Alehandrino”, “Alexandrina”, “BA”, “Biblioteca di Alessandria”, “Biblioteka Aleksandryjska”, “Biblioteko de Aleksandrio”, “Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage”, “EGAXA”, “Library of Alexandria”, “Maktabat al-Iskandarīya”, “Maktabat al-Iskandarīyah”, “Perpustakaan Alexandria”, “Александріна”, “Библиотека Александрина (Египат)”, “Библиотека Александрина у Египту”, “Египатска библиотека Александрина”, “Нова Александрійська бібліотека”, “Новая Александрийская библиотека”, “کتابخانهٔ اسکندریه”, “مكتبة الأسكندرية الجديدة”, “مكتبة الاسكندرية الجديدة”, and “مكتبه الإسكندريه الجديده”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Planetarium Science Center and Alexandria National Museum.

Museum
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The Planetarium Science Centre is a department in the…

Museum
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The is a museum in , . is situated 1 km southeast of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Museum
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The is an archaeological museum located in , . is situated 1 km south of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shatby and Alexandria.

Hamlet
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is a neighborhood in , .

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is 's second largest city, its largest…

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , . is situated 3 km west of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Latitude
31.20866° or 31° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
29.90896° or 29° 54′ 32″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8G3F6W55+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28825451
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
8555991
Wiki­data ID
Q501851
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bibliotheca Alexandrina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة الإسكندرية الجديدة”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة الإسكندرية”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրինա գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yeni İsgəndəriyyə Kitabxanası”
  • Bashkir: “Искәндәриә китапханаһы”
  • Basque: “Alexandrina Liburutegia”
  • Basque: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Belarusian: “Бібліятэка Александрына”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека Александрина”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Alexandrina”
  • Catalan: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Chinese: “新亚历山大图书馆”
  • Chinese: “新亞歷山大圖書館”
  • Czech: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Danish: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Dutch: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة اسكندريه الجديده”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko Aleksandria”
  • Finnish: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • French: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Galician: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Georgian: “ბიბლიოთეკა ალექსანდრინა”
  • German: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη της Αλεξάνδρειας”
  • Greek: “Νέα Βιβλιοθήκη της Αλεξάνδρειας”
  • Hebrew: “ביבליותיקה אלכסנדרינה”
  • Indonesian: “Bibliotek Iskandariyah”
  • Indonesian: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Italian: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Japanese: “新アレクサンドリア図書館”
  • Javanese: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Kazakh: “Александрия кiтапханасы”
  • Korean: “신 알렉산드리아 도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Macedonian: “Библиотека Александрина”
  • Malay: “Biblioteka Alexandrina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Norwegian: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه اسکندریه”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه جدید اسکندریه”
  • Polish: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Portuguese: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Александрина”
  • Serbian: “Biblioteka Aleksandrina”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Александрина”
  • Slovenian: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Spanish: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Swedish: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Tagalog: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Tamil: “அலெக்சாந்திரியா நூலகம்”
  • Telugu: “బిబ్లియోథెకా అలెగ్జాండ్రినా”
  • Turkish: “Yeni İskenderiye Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Александріна”
  • Urdu: “جدید کتب خانہ اسکندریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Iskandariya kutubxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
  • Western Armenian: “Աղեքսանդրիոյ Գրադարան”
  • Yue Chinese: “新亞歷山大圖書館”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Azarita And Al Shatby and Al Masala East.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: La Poire and Statue of Ptolemy II.

Egypt: Must-Visit Destinations

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