Alexandria – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Alexander the Great https://equestrianstatue.org/alexander-the-great-3/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1034 This statue was donated in 2002 to the city of Alexandria by an association that promotes Greek-Egyptian friendship. This coincided with the grand opening of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Alexander the Great founded the city, that became a centre of Hellenistic culture, in 332 BC. The statue emphasises the pacifying role of Alexander, hence the … Continue reading "Alexander the Great"

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]]> Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan https://equestrianstatue.org/muhammad-ali/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1729 Upon completion the statue was exhibited at the Champs Elysees before being shipped to Egypt. Four lions, originally meant to stand guard by the statue of Mohammed Ali, but fattened and lengthened by two metres , were placed at the opposite entrances of a bridge over the River Nile in Cairo in 1873

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