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PORT
SAID
Was
founded in 1860 as a harbour on the Mediterranean coast at the
northern entrance of the Suez Canal. The physical and
socio-economic character of the city that determined its birth
has persisted until the present day and its birth has
persisted until the present day and is identified
by:
1.
Its livelihood bound up with the canal and its
operation
2. A
community whose purpose is serving the Canal and its ancillary
activates
3. The
European atmosphere which charactreisedits society and its
construction, and which is reflected by the conduct and way of
living
4. Its
rigid city from and population increase unflavored by its
shortage of land surface
The
Sues Canal progress led to the prosperity of Port Said. And,
by 1918 its population reached up to 450.000 habitants, during
the decade of the twenty it became an international trade
center due to the promotion of the world commerce, which the
Sues Canal realized
• Sightseeing Of Port Said
- Port Said
National Museum
Housed
in a gleaming new building, the Port Said National Museum runs
the gamut of Egyptian history. Highlights of the
well-displayed collection include two mummies, an exquisitely
worked faience shroud and painted coffin, Ptolemaic funerary
masks , Islamic tiles and mashrabiyas , Coptic textiles-
especially a tunic adorned with images of the Apostles ,
and the coach of khedive Ismail, used during the canal’s
inauguration ceremonies.
Cool
and uncrowded, the museum makes a pleasant retreat from the
heat and hubbub around this part of the waterfront.
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- The military Museum
The
military museum leaves a strong sense of the canals embattled
history. The 1956 Anglo-french-Lsraeli is commemorated by
lurid painting and dioramas (notice the headless figures in
scene of Nasser at al-Azahr) what another room is dedicated to
the October war of 1973. This gives pride of place to the
storming of the Bar-lev line, a heroic feat of arms ultimately
wasted by the high command’s failure to.
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- Abd Al Rahman Mosque & Roman Cathedral Fishing
Places:
1.
Said stone road.
2.
El Gemil bridge.
3.
El-Manzalah lake
4.
Port Fouad
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- Christian monuments:
1.
St. Eugenie Church- Ahmed Shawki St./ Founded in
1869.
2.
The Roman Cathedral 23 July st., Founded in 1931
3.
Marry Gorgeous Church-Mohamed Ali St. Founded in
1946.
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- Port Fouad
Is
one of Port Said suburbs located on the Eastern side of the
Suez Canal being thus a part of Asia. It is a quiet
residential Zone distinguished with its vast of green surface.
It is also gifted with a sandy calm beach on the Mediterranean
and has many sea sports
clubs.
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