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St. Catherine's Cathedral

St. Catherine's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Alexandria and the church of the city's Franciscan friary. Built in 1847–1856, it received its Roman Baroque facade by Mario Avena in 1927; the exiled Italian king Victor Emmanuel III was buried here from 1947 to 2017. Visitors enter outside services.

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Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral

religious building

Cavafy Museum

museum

Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue

religious building

Alexandria Opera House

opera house

Kom el-Dikka

historic site

Graeco-Roman Museum

museum

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa

archaeological site

Pompey's Pillar

monument

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