Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Egypt, built in the 3rd century BC and destroyed in the Middle Ages
- Wheelchair access: no
Notable Places in the Area
Citadel of Qaitbay
The Citadel of Qaitbay is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt.Al Mursī Abū al ‘Abbās Mosque
The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque is an Egyptian mosque in the city of Alexandria. Al Mursī Abū al ‘Abbās Mosque is situated 1 km south of Lighthouse of Alexandria.Menasce Synagogue
Photo: Marsupium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Menasce Synagogue is a synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt in Ahmed Orabi Square.Menasce Synagogue, Alexandria, December 2021… Menasce Synagogue is situated 2 km southeast of Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Localities in the Area
Safar
Safar is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.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.
Shatby
Photo: Delengar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shatby is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Shatby Beach… Shatby is situated 3½ km southeast of Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
- Categories: ancient lighthouse, destroyed building or structure, Wonder of the Ancient World, ruins, historic site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.214° or 31° 12' 50" northLongitude
29.88567° or 29° 53' 8" eastOpen Location Code
8G3F6V7P+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 26544677OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap Feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q43244Lighthouse of Alexandria Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Pharos van Alexandrië
- Afrikaans: Vuurtoring van Alexandrië
- Albanian: Fari i Aleksandrisë
- Arabic: Parola han Alexandria
- Arabic: فاروس الإسكندرية
- Arabic: فنار الأسكندرية
- Arabic: فنار الإسكندرية
- Arabic: فنار الإسكندريه
- Arabic: فنار الاسكندرية
- Arabic: منارة الأسكندرية
- Arabic: منارة الإسكندرية
- Arabic: منارة الاسكندرية
- Armenian: Ալեքսանդրիայի փարոս
- Armenian: Աղեքսանդրիոյ Փարոսը
- Asturian: Faru d'Alexandría
- Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə mayakı
- Bashkir: Искәндәриә маяғы
- Basque: Alexandriako itsasargia
- Belarusian: Александрыйскі маяк
- Belarusian: Фараскі маяк
- Belarusian: Фароскі маяк
- Bengali: আলেকজান্দ্রিয়ার বাতিঘর
- Bosnian: Svjetionik u Aleksandriji
- Bulgarian: Александрийски маяк
- Bulgarian: Александрийски фар
- Bulgarian: Александрийският Фар
- Bulgarian: Александрийския фар
- Burmese: အလက်ဇန်းဒရီးယားရှိ မီးပြတိုက်
- Catalan: Far d'Alexandria
- Catalan: Far d’Alexandria
- Catalan: Torre de Faros
- Catalan: far d'Alexandria
- Central Kurdish: منارەی ئەسکەندەرییە
- Chinese: Alexandria ê Teng-thah
- Chinese: 亚历山卓灯塔
- Chinese: 亚历山大灯塔
- Chinese: 亞歷山大燈塔
- Chinese: 法罗斯岛灯塔
- Chinese: 法罗斯灯塔
- Chuvash: Александри маякĕ
- Corsican: Fanale d'Alissandria
- Croatian: Aleksandrijski svjetionik
- Croatian: Svjetionik u Aleksandriji
- Czech: Maják na ostrově Faros
- Czech: Maják na ostrově Faru
- Danish: Fyrtåret i Alexandria
- Danish: Fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria
- Dhivehi: Lighthouse of Alexandria
- Dhivehi: އެލެގްސެންޑްރިޔާގެ ލައިޓް ހައުސް
- Dhivehi: ލައިޓް ހައުސް
- Dutch: Pharos van Alexandrie
- Dutch: Pharos van Alexandrië
- Dutch: Vuurtoren van Alexandrie
- Dutch: Vuurtoren van Alexandrië
- Dutch: Vuurtoren van Faros
- Egyptian Arabic: فنار اسكندريه
- English: Alexandria Lighthouse
- English: Lighthouse Wonder of the Ancient World
- English: Pharos of Alexandria
- Esperanto: Lumturo de Aleksandrio
- Estonian: Pharose tuletorn
- Finnish: Aleksandrian majakka
- Finnish: Faroksen majakka
- French: Phare d'Alexandrie
- French: Phare de Pharos
- French: Pharos
- French: phare d'Alexandrie
- Galician: Faro de Alexandría
- Georgian: ალექსანდრიის შუქურა
- Georgian: ფაროსის შუქურა
- German: Leuchtturm von Alexandria
- German: Leuchtturm von Pharos
- German: Pharos von Alexandria
- Greek: Φάρος της Αλεξάνδρειας
- Hebrew: המגדלור באלכסנדריה
- Hebrew: המגדלור של אלכסנדריה
- Hebrew: המגדלור של פארוס
- Hindi: ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का दीपस्तंभ
- Hindi: ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का रोशनीघर
- Hindi: सिकन्दरिया का प्रकाशस्तंभ
- Hungarian: Pharoszi világítótorony
- Hungarian: alexandriai világítótorony
- Hungarian: pharoszi világítótorony
- Hungarian: phároszi világítótorony
- Icelandic: Vitinn mikli
- Icelandic: Vitinn í Faros
- Icelandic: Vitinn í Faros við Alexandríu
- Indonesian: Faros
- Indonesian: Mercusuar Alexandria
- Indonesian: Mercusuar Iskandariah
- Indonesian: Mercusuar Iskandariyah
- Indonesian: Pharos di Alexandria
- Irish: Faras Chathair Alastair
- Italian: Faro d'Alessandria
- Italian: faro di Alessandria
- Japanese: アレクサンドリアのファロス
- Japanese: アレクサンドリアの大灯台
- Japanese: アレクサンドリア灯台
- Japanese: ファロスの灯台
- Japanese: ファロス島の大灯台
- Javanese: Mercusuar Iskandariyah
- Kazakh: Александрия шамшырағы
- Kazakh: Фарос маягi
- Kirghiz: Александрия маягы
- Korean: 알렉산드리아 대등대
- Korean: 알렉산드리아의 등대
- Korean: 파로스등대
- Korean: 파로스 등대
- Kurdish: Birca Çirayê ya Îskenderiyeyê
- Latin: Pharus Alexandriae
- Latin: Pharus Alexandrinus
- Latvian: Aleksandrijas bāka
- Latvian: Faras bāka
- Latvian: Farosas bāka
- Lithuanian: Aleksandrijos švyturys
- Lithuanian: Faro švyturys
- Macedonian: Александриски светилник
- Malay: Rumah Api Iskandariah
- Malayalam: ഫറോസ് ലൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ്
- Marathi: अलेक्झांड्रियाचे दीपगृह
- Min Nan Chinese: Alexandria ê Teng-thah
- Mingrelian: ალექსანდრიაშ ოსინთუ
- Mongolian: Александрын гэрэлт цамхаг
- Nepali: एलेक्जेन्ड्रियाको प्रकाशघर
- Norwegian: Fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Fyrtårnet i Alexandria
- Norwegian Bokmål: Fyrtårnet på Faros
- Norwegian Bokmål: Fyrtårn i Alexandria
- Norwegian Bokmål: fyrtårnet på Faros ved Alexandria
- Occitan (post 1500): Far d'Alexàndria
- Persian: فانوس اسکندریه
- Persian: فانوس دریایی اسکندریه
- Polish: Faros
- Polish: Latarnia morska na Faros
- Polish: Latarnia morska w Faros
- Portuguese: Farol de Alexandria
- Portuguese: Faros
- Portuguese: Ilha de Faros
- Quechua: Aleksandriya pharu
- Romanian: Farul din Alexandria
- Russian: Александрийский маяк
- Russian: Фаросский маяк
- Scots: Lichthoose o Alexandria
- Serbian: Faros
- Serbian: O Φάρος της Αλεξάνδρειας
- Serbian: Александријски светионик
- Serbian: Светионик у Александрији
- Serbian: Фарос
- Serbian: Фарос у Александрији
- Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandrijski svjetionik
- Serbo-Croatian: Svetionik u Aleksandriji
- Serbo-Croatian: Svjetionik u Aleksandriji
- Sinhala: ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්රියාවේ ප්රදීපාගාරය
- Slovak: Alexandrijský maják
- Slovak: Maják na ostrove Faros
- Slovenian: Faros
- South Azerbaijani: اسکندریه فانوسو
- South Azerbaijani: ایسکندریه فانوسو
- Spanish: El faro de Alejandria
- Spanish: El faro de Alejandría
- Spanish: Faro de Alejandria
- Spanish: Faro de Alejandría
- Swahili: Mnara wa Aleksandria
- Swahili: Pharos of Alexandria
- Swahili: Pharos ya Aleksandria
- Swedish: Fyrtornet i Alexandria
- Swedish: Fyrtornet på Faros
- Swedish: Fyrtornet på Pharos
- Tagalog: Paro ng Alehandriya
- Tamil: அலெக்சாந்திரியாவின் கலங்கரை விளக்கம்
- Tatar: Aleksandriä mayagı
- Thai: ประภาคารฟาโรส
- Thai: ประภาคารฟาโรสแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย
- Thai: ประภาคารแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย
- Thai: ฟารอสแห่งอเล็กซานเดรีย
- Turkish: Faros Feneri
- Turkish: İskenderiye Feneri
- Ukrainian: Александрійський маяк
- Ukrainian: Маяк в Александрії
- Ukrainian: Олександрійський маяк
- Ukrainian: Фаросський маяк
- Ukrainian: Фароський маяк
- Urdu: اسکندریہ کا روشن مینار
- Uzbek: Aleksandriya mayogʻi
- Vietnamese: Hải đăng Alexandria
- Vietnamese: Hải đăng Alêchxanđri
- Vietnamese: Ngọn đèn biển Alexandria
- Waray (Philippines): Lighthouse of Alexandria
- Waray (Philippines): Parola han Alexandria
- Welsh: Pharos Alecsandria
- Welsh: Pharos Alexandria
- Western Armenian: Աղեքսանդրիոյ Փարոսը
- Western Panjabi: سکندریہ دا لائیٹ ہاؤس
- Wu Chinese: 亚历山大灯塔
- Yue Chinese: 亞歷山大燈塔
- Zeeuws: Pharos van Alexandrië
- Faro di Alessandria
- Mnara wa taa wa Aleksandria
Landmarks in the Area
- Alexandria AquariumPublic aquarium, 240 metres southwest
- Manar Elislam mosqueMosque, 560 metres southwest
- Al-Anfushi Bus StationBus station, 660 metres southwest
- Al-Nukrashi HospitalHospital, 740 metres southwest
- AnfushiPost office, 1 km south
Places in the Area
- Main towerTower
- SidraRestaurant, 110 metres south
- Shooting ClubBuilding, 150 metres south
- KadouraRestaurant, 160 metres south
- Greek clubRestaurant, 260 metres southwest
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