Alexandria, Egypt
Memorial dedicated to the unknown soldiers who lost their lives in the sea battles
On the Alexandria corniche at Manshiyya Square stands the Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial, a white neoclassical monument of columns and broad stairs facing straight out to the Mediterranean. It was built by Alexandria's Italian community, completed in the 1930s as a tribute to Khedive Ismail, and modelled on the Victor Emmanuel II monument in Rome's Piazza Venezia, with a statue of the khedive at the top. After the 1952 revolution its dedication changed: in the mid-1960s it became a memorial to the unknown sailors who died in sea battles and was handed to the navy, while the khedive's statue moved to the Museum of Fine Arts in Moharram Bey. Today it is one of the most photogenic landmarks on the corniche, particularly when floodlit at night, in the heart of old Alexandria close to Manshiyya and the Attarin market.
It is a military memorial, so view and photograph it from the corniche unless you are invited closer. A few minutes is enough; evening, when it is lit, is the best time. Make it a stop on a corniche walk between Raml Station and the Citadel of Qaitbay.
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