Very characteristic village, nice place.

Historic citadel from the Islamic age, and the french used it when they conquered Egypt as a defence unit against the English fleet from the Mediterranean Sea. It ia built with stones taken from a pharaonic temple as this area doesnt have stones due to muddy land from the Nile river. Rashed is also known by the manufacture of red cuboid rocks made from mud.

Cool place to visit but dont expect alot

Sultan Qaitbay built this Citadel in the 15th century in Rashid to protect the north coast.It was very common in this era to re-use the pillars, bricks and stones of pharaonic temples.That is why when the French campaign invaded this Citadel ( later they named it Fort Julian), they found Rosetta Stone inside the fort.Rosetta Stone was the first Ancient Egyptian bilingual text recovered in modern times by studying it they managed to unlock and understand the hieroglyphs language.Now, you can take some nice photos in there and see the bricks used in Mangonel but other than that there is nothing to do.

Nice Castel kinda small but have nice view on Rosetta

It is just a tiny citadel not at all like the giant one in Alexandria but it is worth vi6

Nice historical site. Come early. Supercool that Rosetta stone was here. Thumbs up!

There is no Historically pricesThe whole thing there the wall and the MosqueBut it is a nice place but I have predicted something like an old cannon or like that

Good place. A Citadel built during Ottoman period in Rasheed to protect Northern part of Egypt.

Beautiful citadel on the water with a beautiful view

Its a Very amazing and interesting place .. infact the term Citadel is not accurate .. it is much smaller than citadels .. it is a fortress .Small fortress has been built to watch & protect the Nile mouth in the Mediterranean .Rasheed fortress had had a very strategic importance Since its construction through the Mamluk and Ottoman era and the French campaign against Egypt .Very good place to visit .

Most beautiful historical place ... recommend to visit ❤

The younger sister of Qaitbay Castle in Alexandria

Egypt Egypt Egypt ... Has thousands of attractions, but all what we know are the Pyramids :):)Most other historical sites, including Castle Rashid, needs rehabilitation and attention .. both from government sectors, and private sector ...

Best time to visit early morning not busy

Ancient placenice to see it

A bit disappointing, however the old outer structure discripes the function if the fortress.

One of the smaller citadels... Still impressive...

Historical citadel in a perfect location surrounded with lots of good restaurants and cafes

Wonderful

Wonderful place

Amazing beautiful view of the sea and city.

Nice

Google place and good view

Very nice

Need more work from management

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Not worth a visit!

How beautiful is this place 😍

Good

Historical place

Shocked from this historical place

Forgotten heritage at Rosetta

Ok

Nice place

Wonderful

🔝🔝🔝

Excellent

Very Authentic

The best place

👍👍👍👍

Beautiful

This castle is located at the endPharos Island in the far west of Alexandria, and was built in the place of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed in the year 702 AH following the devastating earthquake that occurred during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun, and Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay began building this castle inIts construction was completed in the year 882 AH and completed in the year 884 AH.The reason for his interest in Alexandria was a lotDirect threats to Egypt from the Ottoman Empire that threatened the regionThe entire Arab Sultan has taken care ofThe Mamluk Qansuh al-Ghuri in the castle increased its importance and shipped it with weapons.

A wonderful castle and stunning views of a place with a great history, I really enjoyed visiting it a lot.

A neat, clean place with security. Worth seeing. There is a toilet at the ticket office which you can use. The neighborhood of the citadel is not very encouraging. Nearby, about 3 km, there is the mouth of the Nile branch to the sea.

تبرز قلعة قايتباي في الإسكندرية بموقعها المميز على ساحل البحر الأبيض المتوسط، حيث شيدت منذ أكثر من 500 عام فوق أنقاض إحدى عجائب الدنيا السبع في العالم القديم، أي فنار الإسكندرية القديم.وتعد قلعة قايتباي من أجمل القلاع الحربية بحوض البحر المتوسط، وقد اهتم بها سلاطين وحكام مصر على مر العصور التاريخية.

It is not at the level you expected and needs major restoration and attention from the Antiquities Authority

So magnificence, beauty, and pride in the history of Islam in Mamluk Egypt.Qaitbay Berrechid Citadel, one of the fortresses of the defense linesHe ordered the establishment of the Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay in 1482 AD on the western mainland of the Nile, six kilometers north of Rashid to repel the Crusader raids that were facing the Mamluk state in the Levant and Egypt.......After the French seized Tabiya, and during the restoration of its fortifications, the military force in charge of the restoration under the leadership of Lieutenant Bouchard discovered Rosetta Stone inside Tabiya. It is likely that those in charge of building Tabiya during the Mamluk era had brought it from another place (possibly the Temple of Sais) and used it to build the castle .

You need to design, awnings, cafeterias, and develop the road leading to them

A beautiful, different, and unique placeIn a model for your honor Rasheed in a mosqueRasheed is a beautiful city and its people are good

There is no interest in the final and the summit in neglect and non-honorable as monuments and tourist area and there is no sign boards to help visitors

A suitable place to know the history of the facilities, but it lacks more information about the history of the castle

A magnificent archaeological fortress in which the Rosetta Stone was found, which the French scientist Champollion was able to solve its symbols and reveal the secrets of the Pharaohs. Almost under Mubaraks rule

Qaitbay Citadel, a famous castle in Alexandria, one of the landmarks of Egypt in general. Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay ordered it to be built at the time of his historic visit to Alexandria in the summer of 1477, and took about two years to build it, and Sultan Qaytbay visited it in 1479 after he built it. Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay was one of the largest sultans of the Mamluk state and the Mamluk state in general rule Egypt for 28 years from 1468 to 1496. The Qaitbay Citadel is considered one of the most important castles in Egypt due to its ancient history and its strong positions against the enemies of Egypt, and today it is considered one of the most important tourist places in Alexandria. The castle is located in the northern side of the city of Rashid in Alexandria, and it is located at a distance of 7 kilometers. The castle is considered one of the largest Egyptian castles, as it is one of the monuments of the Mamluk era that is still present today, and this castle overlooks the Mediterranean coast. On the northern side of the island of Pharos, specifically at the eastern mouth of the port, and the importance of Qaitbay Castle stems from the fact that it was one of the defenses of the Egyptian coasts, in the Mamluk and Ottoman eras.

Qaitbay Castle in Rashid is exactly like the one in Alexandria

Qaitbay Castle, I know it for a long time. We used to play with it and visit it several times. I even knew it before the restoration, which took place in the ninth decade of the last century.

Wonderful Egyptian historical and tourist placeThis article contains only general citations. Also, he helped improve it by attributing citations to the sources in the body of the article. (Sep 2018)This castle is located at the end of Pharos Island in the far west of Alexandria, and it was built in the place of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed in the year 702 AH after the devastating earthquake that occurred during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun. It was built in 884 AH.Bey CitadelCoordinates 31 ° 12′47 ″ N 29 ° 53′07 ″ E General information Building type Castle State Egypt Established 1477 Current use Tourist attractionWikimedia | © Open Street MapSource Amendment - AmendmentThe reason for his interest in Alexandria was the large number of direct threats to Egypt by the Ottoman Empire that threatened the entire Arab region. The Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri took care of the castle, increasing its importance and shipping it with weapons.Description of the castleThis castle takes the shape of a square with an area of ​​150 m * 130 m surrounded by the sea on three sides, and this castle contains the walls and the main tower in the northwestern side, and the walls are divided into an inner and an external wall, the inner wall includes the army barracks and weapons stores, and the outer wall The castle has defensive towers on all four sides, rising to the level of the wall, with the exception of the eastern wall, which includes defensive openings for soldiers.The main tower in the inner courtyard takes the form of a large square castle with a side length of 30 meters and a height of 17 meters. The castle consists of three square floors, and in the four corners of the tower there are semicircular towers that end on the top with prominent balconies, and these towers are higher than the main tower that includes openings for shooting arrows On two levels, the first floor is occupied by the Citadel Mosque, which consists of a courtyard, four iwans and defensive corridors that allow the soldiers to pass easily during the defense operations of the castle. This mosque had a minaret, but it collapsed recently.As for the second floor, it contains corridors, halls, and internal rooms, and the third floor includes a large room (the seat of Sultan Qaytbay) in which he sits to see the ships on a days march from Alexandria covered by a cross cellar and on this floor there is an oven to prepare wheat bread, as well as a mill for grinding grain for the resident soldiers In the castle. Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri renewed the castle and increased its garrison, and this castle was neglected during the Ottoman Caliphate period of Egypt.This castle was established by Sultan Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay Al-Mahmoudi in 882 AH / 1477 AD, in place of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria at the eastern end of Pharos Island in the late Mamluk state, and it is a separate building 150 meters long or less, and consists of three floors, the first floor is square in shape The second is octagonal and the third is circular, and the top of the lighthouse is covered by a dome and above it is a statue of the god Poseidon, the god of the seas and oceans, with the famous triple thorn of the Greeks, and it was decorated with statues of marble. It has a very smooth surface that works as a mirror hanging underneath a bonfire, and reflects the light emanating from the fires along about 20 kilometers into the water to guide the ships coming to Alexandria, and their walls are 4.5 meters thick.The lighthouse was destroyed in an earthquake in 702 AH during the days of King Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun, who ordered its restoration, but it collapsed after several years until all its parts were destroyed in 777 AH / 1375 AD.When Sultan Qaytbay visited the city of Alexandria in the year 882 AH / 1477 CE, he went to the site of the old lighthouse and ordered to build on its old basis a tower known later as Qalaat or Tabiyyah Qaitbay, and the construction was completed two years after the date of construction, and historical sources indicate that the castle had It was built with some of the ancient stones of the lighthouse that has disappeared, and not in the same place only, and the lighthouse itself was built by some of the ruins of ancient Pharaonic cities such as Memphis and Thebes [1]And because Qaitbay Castle in Alexandria is considered one of the most important castles on the Mediterranean coast, the sultans and rulers of Egypt took care of it throughout the historical ages.In the Mamluk era, we find Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri who took great care of this castle and increased the strength of its garrison and shipped it with weapons and equipment, and when the Ottomans conquered Egypt, they used this castle as a place for their protection and took care to preserve it and made sects of infantry, knights, artillery and various garrisons to defend it and then defend the Gate of Egypt North Coast.And when the Ottoman Empire weakened, the castle began to lose its strategic and defensive importance due to the weakness of its garrison, and then the French campaign against Egypt led by Napoleon Bonaparte was able to seize it and the city of Alexandria.

This castle was established by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaytbay al-Mahmudi, who was the forty-first of the Turkic kings in Egypt and the fifteenth of the Karaksa kings, and he progressed in positions until he arrived in the Sultanate in 872 AH / 1467 CE and died in 901 AH / 1495 CE. And he was buried in his school in the desert in Cairo. Sultan Qaytbay traveled to Alexandria in the month of Rabi al-Awwal in the year 882 AH / 1478 CE, and he headed towards the old lighthouse that was in the hole and ordered that a great tower be built on its basis, and in Shaaban in the year 884 AH / 1479 CE The Sultan traveled again to Alexandria to see the tower he built there and the work had ended. This castle was established to fortify the city of Alexandria and protect it from external aggression, especially from the Ottoman Empire, which began to change the direction of its conquests from Europe to the Islamic East, so Sultan Qaytbay tried to fortify the outposts. Egyptian so he began building many new castles.The castle consists of a rectangular area of ​​150 mx 130 m surrounded by the sea on three sides, the castle has a main entrance on the southwestern side in the form of two towers in the form of three quarters of the circle and the castle has two defensive ranges, and a mosque has been attached to the castle on the northeastern side consisting of a hall. In the middle, surrounded by four iwans, the castle has a huge cistern for storing fresh water for the use of the residents of the castle.

Beautiful heritage and building in a unique architectural style that shows skill and architecture

Beautiful, calm and wonderful place visited by tourists and excursions

This castle is located at the end of Pharos Island in the far west of Alexandria. It was built in the place of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed in the year 702 AH following the devastating earthquake that occurred during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun. The honorable Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay began building this castle in the year 882 AH From its construction in 884 AH. The reason for his interest in Alexandria was the large number of direct threats to Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, which threatened the entire Arab region, and the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghouri took care of the castle, increasing its importance and shipping it with weapons.

Citadel of Qaitbay Berrechid, the strong fortress for invadersHe ordered the establishment of the Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay in 1482 AD on the western mainland of the Nile, six kilometers north of Rashid to repel the Crusader raids that were facing the Mamluk state in the Levant and Egypt.Its last restoration was during the reign of Khedive Abbas Helmy II, then it was neglected for a long period that extended for decades, until it came back to life again at the hands of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Darwish, the first director of Rashid’s antiquities at that time and head of the restoration mission and a large group of restoration workers .. and opened by the President Mubarak on Eid Rashid in 1985 The question that baffles me, what happened in the mind of Dr. Mahmoud Darwish when he saw the castle in this condition .. And how did this castle come to life again .. after it became a relic after an eye and became ruins and almost disappeared .. And the pictures are the best witness to that. He also conducted a documentary study on the castle ... he documented it with his wonderful encyclopedia on Rashid ... in the first part of the military incursions in the city of Rashid, a tribute to Dr. Mahmoud Darwish, for this wonderful achievement and great effort, and his constant love for Rashid- Memory of the City of Rashid - Ali Muhammad HamidQuoting historian Rashid Professor Ali Hamid

The era of the great Mamluks, which is the period that preceded the period of Ottoman EgyptWhere Egypt was one of the great powers in the ancient worldCitadel of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay

The castle is located in the village of Burj Rashid, affiliated to Rashid Center, Beheira Governorate. It was built by Sultan Qaytbay. It is the second castle that was built by the Sultan, and also Qaytbay Castle in Alexandria. And also the uncivilized shape of the castle due to the garbage accumulated on it

Bey CitadelOne of the famous and beautiful tourist places in my modest villageThe coastal village of Burj Rasheed

Qaitbay Castle is one of the wonderful places because it overlooks the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea, and it has a mosque built by one of the Kurds and it was called the Kurdababa Mosque.

A beautiful place on the banks of the Nile The Eternal River Discovered by the Rosetta Stone Discovered by Bouchard and deciphered by Champollion French scientist

The problem in the street vendors who occupied the castle

Qaitbay Castle is on the Mediterranean coast, on the northern side of the city of Al-Rashid in AlexandriaThe importance of the Qait Bey Citadel lies in the fact that it was one of the defensive means of the Egyptian coast, in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.The reason for building the castle was to protect Egypt; Especially after the direct Ottoman threats to Egypt.It is noteworthy that the construction of the castle began in 882 AH, and completed its construction in 884 AH, that is, in the late fifteenth century, and the construction was in the era of Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay.Qaitbay Castle is on the Mediterranean coast on the northern side of the city of Al-Rashid in AlexandriaThe importance of the Qait Bey Citadel lies in the fact that it was one of the defensive means of the Egyptian coast, in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.The reason for building the castle was to protect Egypt, especially after the direct Ottoman threats to Egypt.It is noteworthy that the construction of the castle began in 882 AH, and completed its construction in 884 AH, that is, at the end of the fifteenth century. The construction was in the era of Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay.

An honorable place for tourism in Egypt and Alexandria in particular

A very excellent place, great for hiking and vacation. Fresh air. You can take beautiful pictures from there. If you are a photographer, I advise you to go there, you can be creative.

Very cool tourist place

This castle is located at the end of Pharos Island, in the far west of Alexandria. It was constructed in the place of the old Manar of Alexandria, which was destroyed in the year 702 AH following the devastating earthquake that occurred during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun. Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaytbay began building this castle in the year 882 AH and finished building it in 884 AH. The reason for his interest in Alexandria was the large number of direct threats to Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, which threatened the entire Arab region, and the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghouri took care of the castle, increasing its importance and shipping it with weapons.This castle takes the form of a square with an area of ​​150 m * 130 m, surrounded by the sea on three sides. This castle contains the walls and the main tower in the northwest. walls divided into two, internal and external. the internal wall contains the soldiers barracks and weapon store. As for the outer wall of the castle, it contains defensive towers on the four sides that rise to the level of the fence, with the exception of the eastern wall, which includes defensive holes for soldiers.The main tower in the inner courtyard takes the form of a large square shaped castle with a length of 30 meters and a height of 17 meters. The castle consists of three square floors, and there are semi-circular towers in the four corners of the tower that end up from the top with prominent balconies. These towers above the main tower include holes for shooting arrows at two levels. The first floor occupies the Citadel Mosque, which consists of a nave, four iwans, and defensive corridors that allow soldiers to pass through easily during the defense operations of the castle. This mosque had a minaret, but it recently collapsed.The second floor contains corridors, halls and internal rooms. The third floor includes a large room (the seat of the Sultan Qai Bey) in which he sits to see ships on a day march from Alexandria covered by a cross cellar. Also on this floor there is an oven for preparing bread made of wheat, as well as a mill to grind the grain for the soldiers residing in the castle. Sultan Qansuh al-Ghouri renewed and strengthened the castle, and this castle was neglected during the period of the Ottoman occupation of Egypt. Qaitbay Citadel This fortress was established by Sultan Al-Ashraf Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay Al-Mahmoudi in the year 882 AH / 1477 AD, the place of the ancient Manaret of Alexandria at the eastern end of the island of Pharos in the end of the Mamluk state. It has a square shape, the second is octagonal, and the third is circular. The ribs of bronze m The words very nicely with a smooth surface very working womens work and hanging underneath a stove fire and reflect the light emitted from the fire across about 20 kilometers in the water to be guided by the coming of Alexandria ships, and the thickness of walls 4.5 meters.This lighthouse was destroyed after the earthquake of 702 AH during the days of King Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun, who ordered its restoration, but it was destroyed after that several years until all its parts were destroyed in 777 AH / 1375 AD.When Sultan Qaytbay visited the city of Alexandria in the year 882 AH / 1477AD, he went to the ancient site of Al-Manar and ordered that on his old foundation he build a tower known later as the Qalbiyya or citadel of Qaytbay and the construction was completed two years after the date of construction.

It lacks only the attention of the government

Located on the shore of the Nile Branch Rashid close to the junction of the river in the Mediterranean Sea and established by Sultan Al-Ashraf Al-Mansour and was the first line to defend the city of Rashid from the north and consists of several of the most famous operators of the South-West for the allocation of leadership and the middle of the mosque and the ancient arms stores and then the soldiers and a copy of stone Rashid, who was dismissed by French scientist Champollion during the French campaign against Egypt (a place that deserves a visit)

Tabit Rasheed, known in Western sources as the Fort Julien (Fort Julien) is a fort on the west bank of Rasheed branch, two kilometers from the city of Rachid.History of TabiyaThe tribe was founded by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbai in the 15th century AD. The French conquered the country on July 19, 1799, a few days after the battle of Abi Qir, and they named it Julien Castle. In 1801, the fortress occupied a joint Ottoman-British force after a brief siege with artillery shelling.Discovery of Rosetta StoneAfter the French seized the Tabiya and during the restoration of their fortifications, the military force based on the restoration was discovered under the command of Lieutenant Boucharhajar Rashid in the Tabiya. The builders of the Tabuk in the time of the Mamluks had probably brought him from another place (possibly a temple)

Very beautiful and wonderful place for tourism in Egypt and Alexandria in particular

The real name of this place is Tabia Rashid. It is not Qaitbay Castle. As the Qait Bey Citadel is located in Alexandria. The Tabia Rashid is the one where the Rosetta Stone was found. Unfortunately, the Rosetta Stone has been in Britain since 1802. I hope that the Rosetta Stone will return to its place. This stone tells the story of history. The Tabia was occupied by the French during the French campaign of 1798 until 1801. They called it Tabia Julien. Relative to Napoleons assistant. However, with the advent of the Ottoman and British forces, the French were expelled from Tabia after the Battle of Abu Qir. Business of Qaitbay in EgyptQaitbay Citadel, Alexandria City, Temraz Mosque, Qaitbay Mosque, Al-Rawda, Azbec Bin Touch Mosque, Yashbak Palace, Qaitbay School and Cemetery, Qaitbay School in the city, Qaitbay Agency near Al-Azhar, Sabeel Qaitbay, Ashrafieh School (Al-Aqsa Mosque), Qaitbay Agency, Bab Al-Nasr and Al-Siruji, The chaotic Qaytbay Dome, Qaytbay Palace and Place, Revival of Gates, Al-Rawda School, Janem Mosque, Abu Bakr Bin Mazhar School, Qammas Mosque, Azbik Al-Yusufi School. Qaitbay Mosque in Fayoum City and his daughter (his wife Gold Asbaby) on a tree and spent 100,000 Egyptian pounds and built it Sultan Qaitbay Fort in the city of Rashid, which was found near Aso Rhea Rosetta Stone.Also among the works of Sultan Qaitbay was a school with a ram fort, as well as a basin for watering the dawb in the fortress of the ram. Also among his unforgettable works, and after the first fire of the Prophet’s Mosque, several buildings and repairs were made to the mosque, the last of which was the building of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay in the year 881 AH. In the year 886 AH / 1481AD the second fire occurred in the mosque.After the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad in the year 656 AH, Al-Hakam Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah transferred to the kings of Egypt, who were still interested in the architecture of the Prophet’s Mosque. In the late ninth century AH, specifically in Ramadan 886 AH, a fire burned in the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in the last third of the night, when clouds accumulated and thunder took place, and a thunderbolt fell on the main crescent of the lighthouse. And only the inner dome of the Noble Tomb, which worked in the earlier Qaitbay building, and the dome in the courtyard of the mosque were safe from him. Individuals, including the chief muezzin who was struck by a thunderbolt when he was cheering the main lighthouse, died in this incident. The fire came on the roof of the mosque and the bookcases and the Qur’ans in it except what they were able to save.After three days of the fire, Sultan Al-Qaytbay was contacted and informed of what happened to the Holy Mosque, and that happened to him great. He issued orders to make the necessary preparations for the reconstruction of the mosque, and it was built on his hand for the second time in 888 AH.I hope this tabia will be paid more attention.

A very nice

One of the most beautiful cultural possibilities

Wonderful history and culture

One of the most beautiful tourist places

The place of discovery of the Rosetta Stone and through it the history of our ancestors, the Pharaohs, was learned

It is wonderful and enriched with many beautiful scenery. You can take many photos

An archaeological place and an old fortress of Qaitbay, it contains a mosque that is still used for prayers until now

A tourist place that needs cleanliness, and dealing with getting rid of flies, and bathrooms require effort to clean them

An ancient place worth visiting

The most famous archaeological landmark in Rashid

Not surprisingly, any need is fun and very small compared to any castleAnd the delicious places are closed

Is an effect of the effects found in the eastern area of ​​El Mina east of Alexandria and was used in wars to repel enemies from the sea I advise everyone to go and visit and see the effects inside

Very beautiful

A beautiful historic place was discovered by the Rosetta Stone by officer Bouchard and by decoding this stone known language hieroglyphics

Very good

This place is of great importance because the Rosetta Stone was discovered by French scientists

Nice and great ruins. I recommend visiting it with the museum next to it

Spend a wonderful day, especially the family and children

Nice place

Excellent tourist place

Of course, a great place

Excellent place, a masterpiece of Alexandria