Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of West District

From the Serapeum and tombs cut into the rock to the Qabbari mosque and the cotton exchange: the district’s landmarks between Karmouz and Mina El Basal.

A journey through time On the map

5 landmarks4 eras

All qisms5
Mina El Basal3
Karmouz2

All kinds
Antiquities3
Places of worship1
Squares & streets1

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The Islamic centuries

7th century – 1850

In his garden west of the city lived the ascetic Sheikh Abu al-Qasim al-Qabbari, buried there in 1264; Sultan Baybars visited him, and the El Qabbari area took his name.

Places of worship · Mina El BasalSidi al-Qabbari Mosque1264 (662 AH), enlarged in the 19th centuryA mosque over the tomb of the ascetic Sheikh Abu al-Qasim al-Qabbari, who died in 662 AH (1264), enlarged in the 19th century; the El Qabbari area is named after him.

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