The library of Alexandria, founded in the III century BC, was the richest collection of books of antiquity, until he died in a huge fire in 47 BC, It was one of the main scientific centers of his time - in it, in particular, worked Archimedes and Euclid. In 1970, the year of the Egyptian scientists have proposed to revive her. And in 2002, the library opened its doors.

Alexandria library is huge cylindrical building. On its wall, on the outside, cut out the alphabets of different languages. The library contains about 8 million books. Reading room – the largest in the world and is designed for two thousand people. Next to it stands the Palais des Congrès.