Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Libraries
It has been reasonably established that the library, or parts of the collection,
were destroyed by fire on a number of occasions (library fires were common and
replacement of handwritten manuscripts was very difficult, expensive, and time-
consuming). To this day the details of the destruction (or destructions) remain a
lively source of controversy.[52]
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was inaugurated in 2002, near the site of the old
Library.[53]
Museums
Graeco-Roman Museum
Shalalat Gardens
Montaza Garden
Montaza Palace
Sports
Alexandria Stadium
The main sport that interests Alexandrians is football, as is the case in the rest
of Egypt and Africa. Alexandria Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Alexandria,
Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and was used for the 2006
African Cup of Nations. The stadium is the oldest stadium in Egypt, being built in
1929. The stadium holds 20,000 people. Alexandria was one of three cities that
participated in hosting the African Cup of Nations in January 2006, which Egypt
won. Sea sports such as surfing, jet-skiing and water polo are practiced on a lower
scale. The Skateboarding culture in Egypt started in this city. The city is also
home to the Alexandria Sporting Club, which is especially known for its basketball
team, which traditionally provides the country's national team with key players.
The city hosted the AfroBasket, the continent's most prestigious basketball
tournament, on four occasions (1970, 1975, 1983, 2003).
Alexandria Stadium
Borg El Arab Stadium
El Krom Stadium
Harras El Hodoud Stadium
Other less popular sports like tennis and squash are usually played in private
social and sports clubs, like:
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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Egypt