| Photo Information |
Copyright: Rajbir Singh (jattmoody)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-02-13 |
| Categories: Castles |
| Camera: Nikon D40 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-02-18 5:48 |
| Viewed: 840 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Citadel is situated at the entrance of the eastern harbour on the eastern point of the Pharos Island. It was erected on the exact site of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria.
About 1480 A.D, the Mameluke Sultan Al Ashraf Qaitbay fortified the place as part of his coastal defensive edifices against the Turks, who were threatening Egypt at that time. He built the castle and placed a Mosque inside it.
The Citadel continued to function during most of the Mameluke period, the Ottoman period and the Modern period, but after the British bombardment of the city of Alexandria in 1883, it was kept out of the spotlight. It became neglected until the twentieth century when it was restored several times by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. |
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