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In Alexandria, Egypt, the Statue of the White Sails gives the coast a contemporary work of art shaped by maritime imagery. Its smooth curved forms seem to lean into the wind.

Bright surfaces reflect sunlight and shift between silver and pale gold as daylight changes across the sculpture’s curved surfaces. The sculpture frames the sea behind it along Alexandria’s coast.

The white sails represent openness, travel, and the meeting of cultures rather than literal sails in the sculpture. The work links Alexandria’s harbour identity with a contemporary form.

Its connection to the sea recalls ships arriving and departing through Alexandria’s historic harbour across the city’s long maritime story. The artwork offers a familiar point of orientation along the coast.

Locals and visitors can pause beside it, take photographs, or watch changing light across the bright surfaces. The open horizon completes the sculpture’s seaward view.

The work suggests a dialogue between stone, metal, sea wind, and sunlight, reflecting Alexandria’s maritime spirit.

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Alexandria. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.