Alexandria

E2920

Mediterranean port city city historical city

Alexandria is a historic Mediterranean port city in northern Egypt, renowned for its ancient library, lighthouse, and enduring role as a cultural and intellectual center.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Alexandria canonical	299
Alexandria metropolitan area	9
Alexandria city center	5
central Alexandria	4
City of Alexandria	2
Alexandria in the Hellenistic period	1
Alexandria metropolitan region	1
Alexandria, Egypt	1
Alexandria... Why?	1
Port of Alexandria	1
eastern Alexandria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mediterranean port city ⓘ city ⓘ historical city ⓘ
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
demographics	ethnically diverse in antiquity ⓘ
economicRole	industrial center ⓘ major seaport of Egypt ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ
foundingDate	331 BC ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Alexandria University ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage tentative list ⓘ
hasLandmark	Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa ⓘ Citadel of Qaitbay ⓘ Corniche of Alexandria ⓘ Montaza Palace ⓘ Pompey’s Pillar ⓘ Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria ⓘ
hasModernInstitution	Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ surface form: Bibliotheca Alexandrina research center
hasPort	Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Alexandria
historicalEra	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine period Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic period Roman period ⓘ
historicalEvent	destruction of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ Coptic ⓘ
knownFor	Alexandrian library ideal ⓘ surface form: Library of Alexandria Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Pharos of Alexandria cultural center of the Hellenistic world ⓘ intellectual center of the ancient Mediterranean ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Egypt ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander the Great ⓘ
partOf	Alexandria Governorate ⓘ
region	Lower Egypt ⓘ surface form: Nile Delta
religiousSignificance	early center of Christianity ⓘ seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ UTC+2 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Alexandria tram ⓘ Borg El Arab Airport ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Byzantine Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt

Referenced by (325)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Mark → associatedWithPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

solidus → mintedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Mediterranean Fleet → mainBase → Alexandria ⓘ

Tyche → worshippedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Northeast Africa → hasMajorCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Neoplatonism → hasHistoricalCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

Canopus → connectedByCanalTo → Alexandria ⓘ

Aboukir Bay, Egypt → locatedNear → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Aboukir Bay

Aboukir Bay, Egypt → nearbySettlement → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Aboukir Bay

Serapis → majorCultCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

HEBA → airportServes → Alexandria ⓘ

Planetarium Science Center → location → Alexandria ⓘ

Planetarium Science Center → locatedInCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Alexandria Conference Center → regionServed → Alexandria ⓘ

Culturama hall → locatedInCity → Alexandria ⓘ

Calligraphy Center → city → Alexandria ⓘ

Manuscripts Museum → locatedInCity → Alexandria ⓘ

International School of Information Science → locatedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Life of Antony → placeOfOrigin → Alexandria ⓘ

Catechetical School of Alexandria → locatedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → location → Alexandria ⓘ

Alexandrian theology → centeredIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Hellenistic art → notableCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

Borg El Arab → partOf → Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria metropolitan region

Borg El Arab → near → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemy I Soter → capitalOfRealm → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemy I Soter → laterBurialPlaceOfAlexander → Alexandria ⓘ

Faculty of Commerce → city → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University

Faculty of Physical Education → city → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Physical Education, Alexandria University

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine → locatedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University

Institute of Graduate Studies and Research → locatedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Decian persecution → location → Alexandria ⓘ

Pentarchy → includesSee → Alexandria ⓘ

Faculty of Fine Arts → city → Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University

January 25 Uprising → mainLocation → Alexandria ⓘ

Day of Revolt → hasLocation → Alexandria ⓘ

Friday of Anger → locatedIn → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemy VI Philometor → placeOfBirth → Alexandria ⓘ

Saint Catherine of Alexandria → legendaryBirthPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

On Prayer → placeOfOrigin → Alexandria ⓘ

Middle Platonism → geographicalCenter → Alexandria ⓘ

Homilies on Exodus → associatedPlace → Alexandria ⓘ

Letters to Nestorius → placeOfOrigin → Alexandria ⓘ

Ptolemy IV Philopator → capital → Alexandria ⓘ

Apostolic Father → geographicScope → Alexandria ⓘ

Callimachus → workLocation → Alexandria ⓘ

Callimachus → residence → Alexandria ⓘ

Callimachus → placeOfActivity → Alexandria ⓘ

North Coast of Egypt → hasPart → Alexandria ⓘ

North Coast of Egypt → majorCity → Alexandria ⓘ