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El Montazah I District
El Montazah I District

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Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of El Montazah I

Along the Corniche at Sidi Bishr and Miami: a mosque more than a century old, a well wrapped in legend, the graves of First World War soldiers, and the summer beaches.
A journey through timeOn the map

5 landmarks4 eras

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Ancient Alexandria

331 BC – 7th century AD

  1. The rocks of Bir Masoud at the sea’s edge, with the stone ring of the well and the breakwater beyond
    Beaches & open spaces · Sidi Bishr BahariBir MasoudThe Greek era, as archaeologists suggest

The Islamic centuries

7th century – 1860

  1. The Sidi Bishr Mosque, with its two green domes and crenellated walls, and the steps rising to its entrance above the street
    Places of worship · Sidi Bishr BahariSidi Bishr Mosque19th century, enlarged in 1945

Resort and camp

1860–1950

  1. An old postcard of Sidi Bishr beach: the curve of sand, a row of cabins along the road and bathers in the sea
    Beaches & open spaces · Sidi Bishr BahariSidi Bishr BeachA postcard of 1910
  2. A marble plaque at the cemetery gate with the crescent and star and the words “Cemetery of the Turkish Martyrs in Alexandria”
    Antiquities · Sidi Bishr BahariTurkish Martyrs’ Cemetery1915, the prisoner-of-war camp; the cemetery in 1941

The district today

1950 – today

  1. The tall blocks of Miami along the Corniche, with the beach’s coloured umbrellas and summer crowds at the water
    Beaches & open spaces · Sidi Bishr BahariMiami BeachThe mid-20th century