Shatby

Shatby (Arabic: الشاطبي El Shatby) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.

Shatby
الشاطبي
A mosque and a church in Suez Canal Street, Al Shatby. The Alexandria Tram line is visible crossing the street.
A mosque and a church in Suez Canal Street, Al Shatby. The Alexandria Tram line is visible crossing the street.
Shatby is located in Egypt
Shatby
Shatby
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31.210819°N 29.913783°E / 31.210819; 29.913783
Country Egypt
GovernorateAlexandria Governorate
CityAlexandria
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
Shatby Beach

Institutions

Many important institutes are located in Shatby, such as:

Cemetery and war memorial

The main Alexandria cemetery complex is in Shatby. It was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.[1] It includes the Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery, a Commonwealth War Cemetery that includes the graves of British and Empire service personnel who died in the First and Second World Wars.[2] 2,259 are from the First World War and 503 are from the Second World War.[2]

Also in the military cemetery is the Shatby Memorial, which commemorates 986 United Kingdom and British Empire service personnel who died at sea in the Mediterranean in the First World War and have no grave on land.[3] Most were killed in the sinking of troop ships or defensively armed merchant ships, including HMT Aragon, HMT Cameronia, HMT Leasowe Castle, HMT Osmanieh and SS Persia.[3]

Commonwealth war graves are also to be found in:

  • Shatby British Protestant Cemetery, where are buried three British merchant seamen from HMT Aragon of World War I and seven service personnel and a war correspondent of World War II,[4]
  • Shatby Jewish Cemetery Number 3, where are buried 20 service personnel of World War I (of whom 19 are in one plot) and two of World War II, besides a memorial to fallen men of the Zion Mule Corps.[5]

Tombs of El Shatby (El Shatby Necropolis)

Location

These tombs are situated at the north of Collège Saint Marc from the seaside, in the city of Alexandria east of Selsela area (ancient Lochias). The tombs were discovered by chance in 1893 and 1904 by chance by Giuseppe Botti and Evaristo Breccia.

History

The tombs are considered to be the most ancient tombs in Alexandria as it dates back to 320 B.C. As for Evaristo Breccia (The second director of the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria) it dates back to the last quarter of the 4th Century and the beginning of the 3rd century B.C. immediately after founding the city of Alexandria by Alexander The Great.

See also


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References
  1. Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer
  2. "Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery". Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2013.CWGC spell Shatby in its English rendering 'Chatby'.
  3. "Chatby Memorial". Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. "Alexandria (Chatby) British Protestant Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission date accessed = 17 December 2016.
  5. "Alexandria (Chatby) Jewish Cemetery No. 3". Commonwealth War Graves Commission date accessed = 17 December 2016.


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