fouad street

 

The city of Alexandria is known for its art, and every step in Alexandria contains art

Alexandria is famous for its streets with heritage and history

So today we will talk about Fouad Street and its history

Where is Fouad Street located?

Fouad Street is located in the Raml Station area

Fouad Street has a great history and is named after King Fouad

The origin of this street dates back to the era of the Ptolemies, and they called it (the Canopic Road).

And it intersects with Al-Nabi Daniel Street

The street was described as Kings Street, and the stars of politics, culture and art used to come to it, most notably Umm Kulthum, who used to buy flowers from the old shop located on this street, as well as newspapers and magazines whose sellers are still present on Fouad Street very seriously.

But history is not only the distinctive thing in this street without distinguishing it also is the unique shape of the street because most of Fouad Street is built in the Greek style mixed with Italian art

And among the contents of the street is the (National Museum المتحف القومي -)

National Museum المتحف القومي

Why is the National Museum important?

Because there are more than 1,800 artifacts in the museum

And the history of this museum is a former palace of an Italian timber merchant

The palace was built in the Italian style and was sold to the American embassy, ​​and after a while Egypt recovered it and Egypt turned it into a national museum for the city.

The museum displays artifacts from all ages (for example, the Pharaonic era, the Ptolemaic era, the Roman era, the Byzantine era, and the Islamic era).

And Fouad Street is full of unique things

Opera

Or it is called Sayed Darwish Theatre. It was opened in 1921. In the past, it was called (Teatro Muhammad Ali) and it was named after Sayed Darwish because he is an Alexandrian artist.

It was designed in the Ionian style, which was designed by a French engineer, and the design was inspired by the Opera House in Austria and the Odeon Theater in Paris.

And the Egyptian Opera, on which theatrical and musical performances were presented by all nationalities (not only Egyptian, but European as well).

And the first show was on the stage in 1920, and it was for the play Scheherazade.

The theater can accommodate 1,000 seats, due to its large area of ​​4,200 square meters

flower clock

At the end of Fouad Street, there is the flower clock, whose clocks are ticking regularly in front of the waterfalls gardens, which include the remains of the antiquities of Islamic Alexandria, such as the old walls and the waterfalls cistern, which consists of three floors and is divided in length and width into five sections by granite columns of different styles and shapes