Monday, May 30, 2011

Bey Citadel in Alexandria

the castle take the form of box covers an area of ​​150 m * 130 m, surrounded by sea on three sides. It contains the castle walls and the main tower. The walls are divided into wall internal and external. Valsor procedure includes the soldiers barracks and arms depots. The outer wall of the castle fitted in the bodies of the four defensive towers to rise to the level of the wall with the exception of the eastern wall loss includes slots defensive soldiers.
Site is believed to be one of the original seven wonders of the world - Lighthouse in Alexandria.
Alexandrian Pharos lighthouse was built in the third century BC on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to work as a teacher of the port, and later, lighthouse.
With height variously estimated between 115 135 m (383-440 ft) was the longest among the buildings on the land for several centuries, and characterized as one of the seven wonders of the world.
And take the main tower in the inner courtyard is a fortress large square shape with sides of 30 meters and a height of 17 meters and consists Castle of three floors and there in the corners of the tower of the four towers, semi-circular ends of the top balcony prominent include openings to throw darts at two levels and running the first floor of a mosque Castle, which consists of a plate and iwans four defensive and corridors to allow soldiers to pass easily through the defense of the castle. Kma and had a mosque minaret, but it broke down recently.
The second floor contains the corridors and rooms and interior rooms. The third floor houses a large room (seat Sultan Qait Bay) sits down to see the ships on a day's journey from Alexandria is covered by an intersecting vault as there is in the oven floor for the preparation of land, bread made from wheat, as well as the mill to grind grain for the soldiers living in the castle. The new Sultan Qansuh Ghouri increased the castle and its garrison of this castle has been neglected in the Ottoman occupation of Egypt. Bey Citadel established the fortress of Sultan Malik al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Bey Mahmoudi year 882 AH / 1477 place of Mannar ancient Alexandria at the eastern tip of the island of Pharos in the late Mamluk state, which is about building a separate length of 60 meters, and width 50 meters, and the thickness of walls 4.5 meters
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