Elevated view over Alexandria's historic downtown district, showing early 20th-century neoclassical and eclectic-style apartment buildings with green shutters, ornate facades, and red brick detailing near Raml Station (Mahatet El-Raml). The Corniche road runs along the right side with parked cars and public buses, while the Eastern Harbour and Mediterranean Sea stretch across the background under a pink sunset sky. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC and served as a major center of Hellenistic, Roman, and early Islamic civilization, making its historic architecture a layered record of Mediterranean cultural heritage.