Eastern Tower of Alexandria

In the centre of town today, an area laid out in the 20th century preserves military vestiges from the medieval period and from the reign of Mohammed Ali. Its builder, Sultan Ibn Touloun, had it constructed in the 9th century. Its design of high walls and square and circular flanking towers is typically medieval. All that exists today are two enormous towers, which once dominated the eastern section of the wall and marked its corners. The south-eastern corner tower is not easily accessible these days because it is built into the wall of the sports stadium situated to the south of Shallalat park. Its two semicircular turrets flank a doorway that gave access to the space between the double curtain wall.