When Alexander the Great to set foot on the west coast of Egypt in 332 BC, he was stunned by the beauty of nature. “Here is my dream city would be built”, he said. Alexandria,a city, then became the capital of Egypt for nearly 1000 years. It is inhabited not only by the Egyptians but also those who live around the Mediterranean Sea such as Turkey, Italy, and Greece, Alexandria – along with Athens in Greece and in Syria-Anthiocia growing rapidly become the intellectual center of Alexandrian Empire that stretched from India to Egypt.

Unlike the City of Thousand Mosques in Cairo or Luxor, the Ancient Egyptian city Pharonic period, Alexandria was almost entirely the character of the West. Naturally some people call it a European city stranded in Egypt. Its location is near the coast, air cool, clean and orderly to make Alexandria a favorite summer vacation spot.

Among the heritage that are still Hellenic, today we can still find the world’s first legendary library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Aristrophanes manuscripts in the library Calligio Romano Rome, tells how the Egyptian library was built in 300 years BC. Initiated by Demitrius Valiery, Greek philosophers and politicians, the successor of Alexander I Ptolemi build development of science center named Mouseion (places of worship Gods Knowledge and Art). He spent the royal treasure to buy books from all over the country to collect 442 800 90 000 books and other summary form not bound. Until the Ptolemi III recorded some 700,000 books stored there.

Besides collecting the Greek libraries, the library also holds many manuscripts of ancient Egypt and the nations of the Phoenix, as well as some books of Hinduism and Buddhism. Another proof of their seriousness is an effort of translation, such as the Septuagint (Sab’iniyyat) translation of Jewish scriptures, the Torah. This symbol of Egyptian civilization has produced great scientists Archimides, Euclide, Kalimakhus, Hypatia, and Apollonius.

However, three centuries later this golden age ended.

Julius Caesar set fire when invaded Egypt in 48 BC. Sinika, a historian who took part in the expedition, recorded no fewer than 400,000 books burned. The knowledge torch dimmed, and the world mourned. A few years later Caesar apologized. To redeem, Marx Antonio who came after Caesar, 200 000 book gift to Cleopatra from Rome, which continued in that her love story. Since the tragedy of combustion, this library is no longer shine. Even worse, it was neglected.

Centuries later on the initiative of UNESCO in cooperation with the government of Egypt Therefore, they revived the idea of this legendary library. Construction began in 1990 and spent U.S. $ 220 million, of which U.S. $ 120 million is borne of Egypt, the rest of the international aid and other countries.

After been neglected for almost 2000 years, library of Alexandria is now standing again with a unique and magnificent architecture. A round-roofed main building tilted, sunk into the ground. Enjoy it yourself, prepare the budget by getting money from payday loans.

This historic library also offers a variety of facilities, such as 500 units of computers in Arabic and English to facilitate the visitors search our catalog of books, reading room with a capacity of 1,700 people, conference rooms, library space Braille Taha Husein, child libraries, museums of ancient manuscripts, five research institutes, and study rooms that can be used free of charge.