Hey dear community, at the beginning I would like to welcome you all to my new post and hope you have a great start to the new weekend! In this article I have decided to write again something about my trip to Egypt and am happy if you like what I do.
I have already shared a lot about my day trip to Alexandria in my last days and would like to share in this post also the last experience I had there. I visited this historic Pompey's pillar before I went to the catacombs of Alexandria and can only recommend this to everyone because it's close to each other and it only takes a few minutes on foot to get there and the visit itself does not take too long and took about 30 minutes to see the entire terrain. On that day I was one of only a few visitors which is why I could look at everything in peace and also the entrance costs only a few dollars which is really extremely fair and as always there are different prices for visitors as locals which is the case throughout Egypt and is also justified because tourism is one of Egypt's most important sources of income. The column itself was once created from granite and even if it's the case with similar works, it actually still stands at the same location as before directly on a small hill in Alexandria. On the site itself there is a small circular route which takes visitors to the most important points of the area which is closely associated with Roman history and especially for visitors who are interested in the Roman history of the country, it's an absolute highlight in every respect.
The column itself is probably the most interesting of the terrain, but I also found the small underground facility worth seeing, which is located on the property, which by the way also bears the name Serapeums. It's also particularly important to know that one of the most important temples of the god Serapis stood here and the construction of the site was primarily about combining different aspects of different cultures, which is why it's no wonder to be able to admire Greek, Roman and of course Egyptian influences. It is also assumed that the column was built as a form of monument, but there were already speculations in the past which subsequently turned out to be wrong and so it was also associated with the Roman Pompey who, however, had nothing to do with it. Reconstructions show how diverse the whole terrain must have been and it's even assumed that in addition to the well-known library of Alexandria, a second one should have stood here, which was smaller but also extremely important in this context.
Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new and like my post and appreciate my effort! I captured these pictures with my Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm.
