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The Planetarium- Bibliotheca Alexandrina:

Name of architect: Norwegian company Snohetta

Year built: Founded 288 BC; destroyed c.272 AD; rebuilt 1994-2002

Place built: on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of
Alexandria

Style: Modern

Components of the building: 160m-diameter glass-paneled roof tilted out


toward the sea like a sundial. The outer wall, made of grey Aswan granite,
is carved with symbols from 120 different scripts.

Reason of construction: The modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina is intended to


recapture the spirit of the original Library of Alexandria as a center for
learning, dialogue, and rationality.

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