# منارة الإسكندرية

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Content updated: 2026-06-22

The Lighthouse of Alexandria rises in memory above Alexandria’s harbor, where the Mediterranean meets Egypt’s northern coast. Its tower once stood more than a hundred metres high. A bright flame reflected through bronze mirrors sent a steady beam across the water, guiding ships and marking the city’s connection with distant shores. Ptolemy I commissioned the structure, while the Greek architect Sostratus of Cnidus shaped its Egyptian solidity through Greek geometry.

Earthquakes eventually brought the lighthouse down, leaving stones scattered between the sea and a nearby fortress. Some masonry later became part of that fortress, while other fragments remained beneath the water for centuries. Twenty-two massive blocks now rest above the seabed, each weighing as much as eighty tonnes and awaiting digital scanning for a virtual reconstruction. The same waves that hid those stones now reveal a tangible trace of the Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

- City: [Alexandria](https://mytuur.com/en/city/alexandria/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LighthouseofAlexandria_6952a8c829beb7aa669f0ff1_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pharos_at_Abuqir.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LighthouseofAlexandria_6952a8c829beb7aa669f0ff1_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PhareAlexandrie.jpg)

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.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.