The Qaitbey Fort has the most visible locations in Alexandria, which is located in a place of legendary Pharos lighthouse. Citadel overseeing the entrance to Eastern Harbour, and nothing but ocean in front of him. It can be a pretty dramatic when the winter winds to the city dump a large wave. The fort is best viewed from a distance, closer up it has taken too much of a sense of the 19th century to impress and the military as a bulwark should be. Muhammad Ali modernized what was then a 350-year-old fortress, built around 1480. The site mentioned the famous Pharos lighthouse once stood. It was counted as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Its dimensions are clothed in legend, but it may have been an incredible 150 feet high. It is said that a square base that contains a staggering 300 rooms. It was built in the second half of the 3rd century BC, and destroued in an earthquake in 1303 and a few stones from the castle lighthouse especially some of the major pillars of red granite in the northwestern part.
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