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Bibliotheca Alexandria

Bibliotheca Alexandria complex was officially inaugurated on 16 October 2002. The current Library of Alexandria was designed by a Norwegian architect and cost about $200 million. In 2010, the library received a donation of 500,000 books from the National Library of France.

 

The library has shelf space for eight million books, with the main reading room covering 70,000 square meters. The ancient library of Alexandria held the largest collection of manuscripts in the world and was a great center of learning for 600 years until it burned down in the 3rd century.

At the far end of the bridge is the main entrance of the Bibliotheca Alexandria
Current library is named after the ancient library of Alexandria
Roof of the Bibliotheca Alexandria
Exterior of the library
A sculpture on display in open area, in front of the library
A strange looking sculpture at the entrance of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the Library of Alexandria)
A solar fountain on display
Looking out to the eastern harbor of Alexandria
Entrance of the Planetarium Science Centre but it was closed on the day for some unspecified reasons
Dome of the Planetarium Science Centre which is located on the grounds of the Bibliotheca Alexandria

 

I wasn’t allowed to enter the building because it was closed for public on that day but after talking to a guard he got me permission over his radio only to visit the front of the library. When I was about to leave, I saw an Egyptian couple tried to get in (they came from Cairo to see the library) but they were refused. 

One of the simplest sculpture beside the fence
Eastern harbor of Alexandria, seen from the grounds of the Library of Alexandria
This monument refers to Alexander the Great who named this city after him
There were no names below these sculptures or who designed them
Another sculpture on display
This sculpture is more suited to children's playground or something similar