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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  • Library
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: major library and cultural center in Alexandria, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Alexandrina”
    “BA”
    “Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage”
    “EGAXA”
    “Library of Alexandria”
    “Maktabat al-Iskandarīyah”
    “مكتبة الإسكندرية”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Planetarium Science Center and Statue of Ptolemy II at Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
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Museum
The Planetarium Science Centre is a department in the…
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Work of art
is a work of art.
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Work of art
is a work of art.
140 metres north of Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shatby and Alexandria.
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Hamlet
is a neighborhood in , .
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is 's second largest city, its largest…
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , .
3 km west of Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Latitude
31.20866° or 31° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
29.90896° or 29° 54′ 32″ east
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.
مكتبة الإسكندريةArabic
مكتبة الإسكندرية الجديدةArabic
مكتبه الإسكندريه الجديدهArabic
Ալեքսանդրինա գրադարանArmenian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaAsturian
Yeni İsgəndəriyyə KitabxanasıAzerbaijani
Искәндәриә китапханаһыBashkir
Alexandrina LiburutegiaBasque
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBasque
Бібліятэка АлександрынаBelarusian
Библиотека АлександринаBulgarian
Biblioteca AlexandrinaCatalan
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaCatalan
新亚历山大图书馆Chinese
新亞歷山大圖書館Chinese
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaCzech
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaDanish
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaDutch
مكتبة اسكندريه الجديدهEgyptian Arabic
Biblioteko AleksandriaEsperanto
Biblioteko de AleksandrioEsperanto
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaEsperanto
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaFinnish
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaFrench
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaGalician
ბიბლიოთეკა ალექსანდრინაGeorgian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaGerman
Maktabat al-IskandarīyaGerman
Βιβλιοθήκη της ΑλεξάνδρειαςGreek
Νέα Βιβλιοθήκη της ΑλεξάνδρειαςGreek
ביבליותיקה אלכסנדרינהHebrew
Bibliotek IskandariyahIndonesian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaIndonesian
Biblioteca di AlessandriaItalian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaItalian
新アレクサンドリア図書館Japanese
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaJavanese
Александрия кiтапханасыKazakh
신 알렉산드리아 도서관Korean
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaLatin
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaMacedonian
Библиотека АлександринаMacedonian
Biblioteka AlexandrinaMalay
Perpustakaan AlexandriaMalay
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaNorwegian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaNorwegian Bokmål
کتابخانهٔ اسکندریهPersian
کتابخانه جدید اسکندریهPersian
AlexandrinaPolish
Biblioteka AleksandryjskaPolish
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaPolish
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaPortuguese
Библиотека АлександринаRussian
Новая Александрийская библиотекаRussian
Biblioteka AleksandrinaSerbian
Библиотека АлександринаSerbian
Библиотека Александрина (Египат)Serbian
Библиотека Александрина у ЕгиптуSerbian
Египатска библиотека АлександринаSerbian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaSlovenian
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaSpanish
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaSwedish
Aklatan ng AlejandríaTagalog
Aklatan ng AlexandriaTagalog
Aklatang AlehandrinoTagalog
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaTagalog
Library of AlexandriaTagalog
அலெக்சாந்திரியா நூலகம்Tamil
బిబ్లియోథెకా అలెగ్జాండ్రినాTelugu
Yeni İskenderiye KütüphanesiTurkish
АлександрінаUkrainian
Бібліотека АлександрінаUkrainian
Нова Александрійська бібліотекаUkrainian
جدید کتب خانہ اسکندریہUrdu
Iskandariya kutubxonasiUzbek
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaVietnamese
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaWaray (Philippines)
Աղեքսանդրիոյ ԳրադարանWestern Armenian
新亞歷山大圖書館Yue Chinese

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