Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria, once one of the largest libraries worldwide, which was lost in antiquity.Photo: Shivani Singh04, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Planetarium
The Planetarium Science Centre is a department in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Planetarium is situated 110 metres west of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.Alexandria National Museum
Photo: Papillus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alexandria National Museum is a museum in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria National Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Shallalat Gardens
Photo: TheEgyptian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shallalat Gardens is the name of the ancient garden located in Alexandria, Egypt.
Localities in the Area
Alexandria
Photo: Wing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandria is Egypt's second largest city, its largest seaport, and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea.
Safar
Safar is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Safar is situated 3 km west of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Type: Library
- Description: major library and cultural centre in Alexandria, Egypt
- Categories: national library, library building, literary museum, cultural centre, building and education
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.20881° or 31° 12' 32" northLongitude
29.90927° or 29° 54' 33" eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Levels
11Open Location Code
8G3F6W55+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 97409601OpenStreetMap Feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
8555991Wikidata ID
Q501851Bibliotheca Alexandrina Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Arabic: مكتبة الأسكندرية الجديدة
- Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية
- Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية الجديدة
- Arabic: مكتبة الاسكندرية الجديدة
- Arabic: مكتبه الإسكندريه الجديده
- Armenian: Ալեքսանդրինա գրադարան
- Armenian: Ալեքսանտրիոյ Գրադարան
- Asturian: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Azerbaijani: Yeni İsgəndəriyyə Kitabxanası
- Bashkir: Искәндәриә китапханаһы
- Basque: Alexandrina Liburutegia
- Basque: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Belarusian: Бібліятэка Александрына
- Bulgarian: Библиотека Александрина
- Catalan: Biblioteca Alexandrina
- Catalan: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Chinese: 新亚历山大图书馆
- Chinese: 新亞歷山大圖書館
- Czech: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Danish: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Dutch: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Egyptian Arabic: مكتبة اسكندريه الجديده
- English: BA
- English: Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage
- English: EGAXA
- English: Library of Alexandria
- English: Maktabat al-Iskandarīyah
- English: مكتبة الإسكندرية
- Esperanto: Biblioteka Alexandrina
- Esperanto: Biblioteko de Aleksandrio
- Esperanto: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Finnish: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- French: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Galician: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკა ალექსანდრინა
- German: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- German: Maktabat al-Iskandarīya
- Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη της Αλεξάνδρειας
- Greek: Νέα Βιβλιοθήκη της Αλεξάνδρειας
- Hebrew: ביבליותיקה אלכסנדרינה
- Indonesian: Bibliotek Iskandariyah
- Italian: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Japanese: 新アレクサンドリア図書館
- Javanese: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Kazakh: Александрия кiтапханасы
- Korean: 신 알렉산드리아 도서관
- Latin: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Macedonian: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Macedonian: Библиотека Александрина
- Malay: Biblioteka Alexandrina
- Malay: Perpustakaan Alexandria
- Norwegian: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Norwegian Bokmål: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Persian: کتابخانه اسکندریه
- Persian: کتابخانه جدید اسکندریه
- Persian: کتابخانهٔ اسکندریه
- Polish: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Portuguese: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Russian: Библиотека Александрина
- Russian: Новая Александрийская библиотека
- Serbian: Biblioteka Aleksandrina
- Serbian: Библиотека Александрина (Египат)
- Serbian: Библиотека Александрина
- Serbian: Библиотека Александрина у Египту
- Serbian: Египатска библиотека Александрина
- Slovenian: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Spanish: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Swedish: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Tagalog: Aklatang Alehandrino
- Tagalog: Aklatan ng Alejandria
- Tagalog: Aklatan ng Alejandría
- Tagalog: Aklatan ng Alexandria
- Tagalog: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Tagalog: Library of Alexandria
- Tamil: அலெக்சாந்திரியா நூலகம்
- Turkish: Yeni İskenderiye Kütüphanesi
- Ukrainian: Александріна
- Ukrainian: Бібліотека Александріна
- Ukrainian: Нова Александрійська бібліотека
- Urdu: جدید کتب خانہ اسکندریہ
- Uzbek: Iskandariya kutubxonasi
- Vietnamese: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Waray (Philippines): Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Western Armenian: Ալեքսանտրիոյ Գրադարան
- Yue Chinese: 新亞歷山大圖書館
In the Area
Localities
- Al Azarita And Al ShatbyNeighbourhood
- Al Masala EastNeighbourhood
- Bab Sharq And Wabour Al MeyahNeighbourhood
- Kom Al Dekh EastNeighbourhood
- IbrahimiyaHamlet
- Kom Al Dekh WestNeighbourhood
Other Places
- La PoireCoffeehouse
- مكتبه الاسكندريهBookmaker, 120 metres west
- SelselaCoffeehouse, 160 metres north
- CilantroCoffeehouse, 170 metres west
- مركز تعليم المكفوفينBuilding, 210 metres east
- Arabic Language Teaching Centre for ForeignersBuilding, 290 metres east
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