Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of El Gomrok District

From tombs cut into the rock to Qaitbay Citadel and the mosques of Bahari: the district’s landmarks across El Gomrok, El Manshiya and El Labban.

A journey through time On the map

8 landmarks4 eras

All qisms8
El Gomrok5
El Manshiya2
El Labban1

All kinds
Antiquities2
Museums1
Places of worship1
Arts & culture1

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The Islamic centuries

7th century – 1800

The hill of Kom El Nadura goes back to the Fatimid period; Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi lived in Alexandria in the 13th century; Sultan Qaitbay built his citadel over the Lighthouse’s ruins between 1477 and 1479; and Hajj Ibrahim Terbana built his mosque in 1685.

Places of worship · El GomrokThe Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi and the Mosques SquareThe sheikh of the 13th century; the square renewed in 2026A mosque in the Andalusian style over the tomb of Sheikh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, on a square over the Eastern Harbour that also holds the El Bousiri and Yaqut el-Arsh mosques.

Emergency and hotline numbers
National government complaints line	16528
Alexandria Governorate operations room (from a landline)	114
Child helpline	16000
Police	122
Ambulance	123
Fire service	180
Gas emergency	129
Electricity faults	121