Tuesday 27 November 2018

50 Cities of the World #34 Alexandria


Welcome to Alexandria, one of those mythical cities. Well... at least if you dream of great libraries full of books and lighthouses.

You can see back there, between the "34" and "Alexandria" the famous Lighthouse. Was expecting it to be front row but the card looks nice this way too. You can picture people on the street and those typical buildings.


As said in the card back, Alexandria was the centre of the intellectual life back then and because of its location in the Nile delta part of Egypt it was also the location to be if you wanted to feel you were in Venice from time-to-time.

Alexandria is one of those cities so full of history and stories that an entire set could be dedicated to it, with cards for every thing that surrounds the city aura.


Check Alexandria wiki page here.

4 comments:

  1. Never heard of the lighthouse before today. Ended up reading up on it. Very interesting.

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    1. Not even in the Asterix and Cleoptra? It was kinda one of the world wonders back then. (I also have a thing for lighthouses lol ;) )

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  2. I just found this today. What an interesting blog!

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    1. Ohhh Hi there! Welcome around and have a nice time. Glad you like it =)

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