Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Egypt, built in the 3rd century BC and destroyed in the Middle Ages
  • Also known as: “Alexandria Lighthouse”, “Lighthouse Wonder of the Ancient World”, and “Pharos of Alexandria”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Citadel of Qaitbay and Al Mursī Abū al ‘Abbās Mosque.

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The is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in , . It was built from 1477 to 1479 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qaitbay.

Mosque
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The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque is a , mausoleum, and Sufi shrine, located in the Anfoushi neighbourhood of , on the north coast of . is situated 1 km south of Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Mosque
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The Sidi Yaqut Al-Arsh Mosque is a , located in the Anfoushi neighbourhood of , on the north coast of . It is named after Yaqut Al Arsh, an imam who lived in Alexandria during the 13th century. is situated 1 km southwest of Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Safar and Alexandria.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , .

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is 's second largest city, its largest seaport, and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a faded shadow of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit for its many cultural attractions – particularly the new Library of – and still-palpable glimpses of its past.

Hamlet
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is a neighborhood in , . is situated 3½ km southeast of Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Latitude
31.214° or 31° 12′ 50″ north
Longitude
29.88567° or 29° 53′ 8″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q43244
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Lighthouse of Alexandria” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pharos van Alexandrië”
  • Afrikaans: “Vuurtoring van Alexandrië”
  • Albanian: “Fari i Aleksandrisë”
  • Arabic: “فاروس الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “فنار الأسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “فنار الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “فنار الإسكندريه”
  • Arabic: “فنار الاسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “منارة الأسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “منارة الإسكندرية”
  • Arabic: “منارة الاسكندرية”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիայի փարոս”
  • Asturian: “Faru d’Alexandría”
  • Azerbaijani: “İsgəndəriyyə mayakı”
  • Bashkir: “Искәндәриә маяғы”
  • Basque: “Alexandriako itsasargia”
  • Belarusian: “Александрыйскі маяк”
  • Belarusian: “Фараскі маяк”
  • Belarusian: “Фароскі маяк”
  • Bengali: “আলেকজান্দ্রিয়ার বাতিঘর”
  • Bosnian: “Svjetionik u Aleksandriji”
  • Bulgarian: “Александрийски маяк”
  • Bulgarian: “Александрийски фар”
  • Bulgarian: “Александрийския фар”
  • Bulgarian: “Александрийският Фар”
  • Burmese: “အလက်ဇန်းဒရီးယားရှိ မီးပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “far d’Alexandria”
  • Catalan: “Far d’Alexandria”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Faros”
  • Central Kurdish: “منارەی ئەسکەندەرییە”
  • Chinese: “Alexandria ê Teng-thah”
  • Chinese: “亚历山卓灯塔”
  • Chinese: “亚历山大灯塔”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山大燈塔”
  • Chinese: “法罗斯岛灯塔”
  • Chinese: “法罗斯灯塔”
  • Chuvash: “Александри маякĕ”
  • Corsican: “Fanale d’Alissandria”
  • Croatian: “Aleksandrijski svjetionik”
  • Croatian: “Svjetionik u Aleksandriji”
  • Czech: “Maják na ostrově Faros”
  • Czech: “Maják na ostrově Faru”
  • Danish: “Fyrtåret i Alexandria”
  • Danish: “Fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria”
  • Dhivehi: “Lighthouse of Alexandria”
  • Dhivehi: “އެލެގްސެންޑްރިޔާގެ ލައިޓް ހައުސް”
  • Dhivehi: “ލައިޓް ހައުސް”
  • Dutch: “Pharos van Alexandrie”
  • Dutch: “Pharos van Alexandrië”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Alexandrie”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Alexandrië”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Faros”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فنار اسكندريه”
  • Esperanto: “Lumturo de Aleksandrio”
  • Estonian: “Pharose tuletorn”
  • Finnish: “Aleksandrian majakka”
  • Finnish: “Faroksen majakka”
  • French: “phare d’Alexandrie”
  • French: “Phare d’Alexandrie”
  • French: “Phare de Pharos”
  • French: “Pharos”
  • Galician: “Faro de Alexandría”
  • Georgian: “ალექსანდრიის შუქურა”
  • Georgian: “ფაროსის შუქურა”
  • German: “Leuchtturm von Alexandria”
  • German: “Leuchtturm von Pharos”
  • German: “Pharos von Alexandria”
  • Greek: “Φάρος της Αλεξάνδρειας”
  • Hebrew: “המגדלור באלכסנדריה”
  • Hebrew: “המגדלור של אלכסנדריה”
  • Hebrew: “המגדלור של פארוס”
  • Hindi: “ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का दीपस्तंभ”
  • Hindi: “ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का रोशनीघर”
  • Hindi: “सिकन्दरिया का प्रकाशस्तंभ”
  • Hungarian: “alexandriai világítótorony”
  • Hungarian: “pharoszi világítótorony”
  • Hungarian: “Pharoszi világítótorony”
  • Hungarian: “phároszi világítótorony”
  • Icelandic: “Vitinn í Faros við Alexandríu”
  • Icelandic: “Vitinn í Faros”
  • Icelandic: “Vitinn mikli”
  • Indonesian: “Faros”
  • Indonesian: “Mercusuar Alexandria”
  • Indonesian: “Mercusuar Iskandariah”
  • Indonesian: “Mercusuar Iskandariyah”
  • Indonesian: “Pharos di Alexandria”
  • Irish: “Faras Chathair Alastair”
  • Italian: “Faro d’Alessandria”
  • Italian: “faro di Alessandria”
  • Italian: “Faro di Alessandria”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドリアのファロス”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドリアの大灯台”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドリア灯台”
  • Japanese: “ファロスの灯台”
  • Japanese: “ファロス島の大灯台”
  • Javanese: “Mercusuar Iskandariyah”
  • Kazakh: “Александрия шамшырағы”
  • Kazakh: “Фарос маягi”
  • Kirghiz: “Александрия маягы”
  • Korean: “알렉산드리아 대등대”
  • Korean: “알렉산드리아의 등대”
  • Korean: “파로스 등대”
  • Korean: “파로스등대”
  • Kurdish: “Birca Çirayê ya Îskenderiyeyê”
  • Ladino: “Fener de Aleksandria”
  • Latin: “Pharus Alexandriae”
  • Latin: “Pharus Alexandrinus”
  • Latvian: “Aleksandrijas bāka”
  • Latvian: “Faras bāka”
  • Latvian: “Farosas bāka”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksandrijos švyturys”
  • Lithuanian: “Faro švyturys”
  • Macedonian: “Александриски светилник”
  • Malay: “Rumah Api Iskandariah”
  • Malayalam: “ഫറോസ് ലൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ്”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रियाचे दीपगृह”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alexandria ê Teng-thah”
  • Mingrelian: “ალექსანდრიაშ ოსინთუ”
  • Mongolian: “Александрын гэрэлт цамхаг”
  • Nepali: “एलेक्जेन्ड्रियाको प्रकाशघर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrtårn i Alexandria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrtårnet i Alexandria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrtårnet på Faros”
  • Norwegian: “Fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Far d’Alexàndria”
  • Persian: “فانوس اسکندریه”
  • Persian: “فانوس دریایی اسکندریه”
  • Polish: “Faros”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska na Faros”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska w Faros”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Alexandria”
  • Portuguese: “Faros”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Faros”
  • Quechua: “Aleksandriya pharu”
  • Romanian: “Farul din Alexandria”
  • Russian: “Александрийский маяк”
  • Russian: “Фаросский маяк”
  • Scots: “Lichthoose o Alexandria”
  • Serbian: “Faros”
  • Serbian: “O Φάρος της Αλεξάνδρειας”
  • Serbian: “Александријски светионик”
  • Serbian: “Светионик у Александрији”
  • Serbian: “Фарос у Александрији”
  • Serbian: “Фарос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aleksandrijski svjetionik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Svetionik u Aleksandriji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Svjetionik u Aleksandriji”
  • Sinhala: “ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රියාවේ ප්‍රදීපාගාරය”
  • Slovak: “Alexandrijský maják”
  • Slovak: “Maják na ostrove Faros”
  • Slovenian: “aleksandrijski Faros”
  • Slovenian: “aleksandrijski svetilnik”
  • Slovenian: “Faros”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسکندریه فانوسو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایسکندریه فانوسو”
  • Spanish: “El faro de Alejandria”
  • Spanish: “El faro de Alejandría”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Alejandria”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Alejandría”
  • Swahili: “Mnara wa Aleksandria”
  • Swahili: “Mnara wa taa wa Aleksandria”
  • Swahili: “Pharos of Alexandria”
  • Swahili: “Pharos ya Aleksandria”
  • Swedish: “Fyrtornet i Alexandria”
  • Swedish: “Fyrtornet på Faros”
  • Swedish: “Fyrtornet på Pharos”
  • Tagalog: “Paro ng Alehandriya”
  • Tamil: “அலெக்சாந்திரியாவின் கலங்கரை விளக்கம்”
  • Tatar: “Aleksandriä mayagı”
  • Thai: “ประภาคารฟาโรส”
  • Thai: “ประภาคารฟาโรสแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย”
  • Thai: “ประภาคารแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย”
  • Thai: “ฟารอสแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย”
  • Turkish: “Faros Feneri”
  • Turkish: “İskenderiye Feneri”
  • Ukrainian: “Александрійський маяк”
  • Ukrainian: “Маяк в Александрії”
  • Ukrainian: “Олександрійський маяк”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаросський маяк”
  • Ukrainian: “Фароський маяк”
  • Urdu: “اسکندریہ کا روشن مینار”
  • Uzbek: “Aleksandriya mayogʻi”
  • Vietnamese: “Hải đăng Alêchxanđri”
  • Vietnamese: “Hải đăng Alexandria”
  • Vietnamese: “Ngọn đèn biển Alexandria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lighthouse of Alexandria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parola han Alexandria”
  • Welsh: “Pharos Alecsandria”
  • Welsh: “Pharos Alexandria”
  • Western Armenian: “Աղեքսանդրիոյ Փարոսը”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکندریہ دا لائیٹ ہاؤس”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚历山大灯塔”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞歷山大燈塔”
  • Zeeuws: “Pharos van Alexandrië”

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