Alexandria Ancient Library
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The Alexandrina Library is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It was built in commemoration of the ancient Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, in an attempt to revive something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.
In 1987 came out an ambitious cultural project: to build a new library, the Alexandrina Library, this happened 1600 years after the disappearance of these large collections of knowledge. To carry out such a project joined the efforts of various European countries, economic, and ...
