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Rosetta
City in Beheira governorate, Egypt

Rosetta

Rosetta or Rashid is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate.

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The Rosetta Stone was discovered in nearby Fort Julien in 1799.

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Getting to Rosetta

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    Rosetta
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Worth seeing

The city centre has numerous Ottoman houses and public buildings.

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    Fort Julien

    Built by the Ottoman Empire and occupied by the French during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria between 1798 and 1801.

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    Abou Mandour Mosque

    Located along the river, this mosque was built in 1897.

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    Zaghloul Mosque

    The oldest mosque in the city, dating back to 1517.

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    St. Mark Church.
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    Amasyali House

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ProtoplasmaKid (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.