In part 7, photos of more landmarks from the cosmopolitan era of the city are presented,In addition to some Greco –Roman monuments Some of the photos are from
a valuable documentary website [AAHA] and so,the presented photos are copyright to
AAHA = Amicale Alexandrie Hier et Aujourd'hui : www.aaha.ch
PHOTOS D'ALEXANDRIE
Sandro Manzoni, chemin de Planta 31, 1223 Cologny, Suisse
I put the abbreviation [AAHA] beside the description of copyrighted photos that I adopted from the above site.The accompanying music is that of a rare Greek song from 1952 or before,titled [mes t'agioklima ] -tango-POLYDOR] .It is from my Late Uncles collection of 78rpm records .
The composer is Takis Marinos and the words are by Kostas Vlachopoulos. the singers are a duet called Lignos and Mouzas (surnames)
1.Alexandria Downtown in 1955.
2. Gate of the Sporting Club of the Hellenic community of Alexandria [eka]
(AAHA).
3.Greek sporting club [Club House] photo prise par Sylvaine Duedal-Halmoné
(AAHA).
4.Greek aporting club [interior] The stadium 2007 (AAHA).
5. Students and staff of the Hellenic Community Schools in 1997. [EKA]
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/eka2/
6. A store selling chemicals owned by a Greek [photo by Yannis Vahlas, 2006] (AAHA).
. M. Papantonis [owner of the store] (photo by Yannis Vahlas, 2006) (AAHA).
8.Seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarcate of Alexandria and all Africa in 1997 [ AAHA ]
9.Seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarcate of Alexandria and all Africa in 2001 [AAHA].
10.Seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarcate of Alexandria and all Africa [entrance door ] [AAHA].
11.Pelizäus-Heim Maison de retraite anciennement tenue par des religieuses allemandes [AAHA].
12.Restaurant Petro ,the details of the demise of this landmark of Alexandria can be found at http://www.egy.com/landmarks/06-08-01.shtml
12.Casino el Chatby, 2 photos. The gradual decline of this landmark of Alexandria can be found on part 6 of this series 13.Monte Carlo building at Chatby ,2 photos from
http://my-alexandria.blogspot.com/
The building at the corner is the Monte Carlo building ( named after a bar/night club that occupied the base- one of only three night clubs in all Alex in the 60s and 70s ). The building is situated on the other side of the Corniche road,opposite to Casino el Chatby. Monte Carlo restaurant and night club was one of the landmarks of Chatby and Alexandria for decades.Unfortunately it was either mysteriously destructed or burned in the late 80s or early 90s.The place was left in ruins for many years,Recently in 2006,a sea food restaurant [Rakouda] has took its place as can be seen in the 2 presented photos. [ at the Ground zero of the building ].
14.Pellegrini et Naoum: (photo by Yannis Vahlas, 2006) [AAHA ].This store was originally owned by 2 Alexandrians of Levantine origins.The store was nationalized by the Egyptian government according to the socialist laws of 1961.The store have undergone a gradual decline since that time [as can be deduced easily from the photo].
15.Cinéma Strand at downtown [AHHA].
16.Temple of Ras el Soda.[Latin Cemeteries Chatby] [AAHA]
17. Roman Amphitheatre The Roman amphitheatre in downtown Alexandria was discovered in 1963 while foundation work for a new building was underway. The theatre was probably built in the 3rd century A.D. as an odeon to replace and older and larger structure. [AAHA]
18.Ptolomic Chatby Necropolis [300 .b.c.].
19.A Roman column at Nebi Daniel downtown
19.Alabaster Tomb [latin cemeteries Chatby] dating from 300.B.C.