Founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, Alexandria was for a long time the largest city in the ancient world. Flattened by a tsunami in 365 AD, it was little more than a fishing village when captured by Napoleon in 1798. The 19th century saw it become the centre of the Egyptian cotton trade, bringing prosperity and an influx of European merchants. Then came the bombardment by the English in 1882, which almost flattened the city a second time, and the revolution of 1952, which in effect condemned many of its residential buildings to slow but picturesque decay. The ebbs and flows of history and different cultures (especially Arabic, Muslim, Greek, Italian, English, and, not least, Jewish) have all left their marks on Alexandria’s architecture. There are classical ruins; Ottoman fortifications; Egyptian okelles (medieval merchants’ buildings); a colourful fishing port; mosques, shrines, churches, and synagogues; mansions and apartment buildings in the neo-Renaissance, art deco, and international styles; brutal
Свойства
- Автор
- Zeyad El Sayad
- Бумага
- Мелованная
- Вес (гр.)
- 590
- Возрастные ограничения
- 18+ (не указано)
- Год издания
- 2021
- Издательство
- Dom Publishers
- Иллюстрации
- Цветные и ч/б иллюстрации
- Количество страниц
- 336
- Переплет
- Мягкий переплет
- Серия
- Architectural Guide
- Упаковка Вес (гр.)
- 600
- Упаковка ВЫСОТА (мм.)
- 30
- Упаковка ДЛИНА (мм.)
- 250
- Упаковка ШИРИНА (мм.)
- 140
- Формат (мм.)
- 24,5 x 13,5 x 2,3
- Язык
- Английский
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