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Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2002
Length
Two cuts, 80 and 52 minutes
Producer(s)
Stéphane Millière, Gédéon Programmes
Co-producer(s)
CNRS Images, Arte, France 2, France Télécom, Musée du Louvre
After The Seventh Wonder of the World and Alexandria the Magnificent, the third episode in the trilogy on Alexandria evokes the most impressive characteristic of the city: its monumental architecture. The film focuses on the heart of Alexandria, where successive sovereigns constructed increasingly majestic buildings such as the Caesareum (an altar built by Cleopatra in honor of Mark Antony), and the palaces on the Canopic Way. A city designed by Alexander the Great was bound to be grandiose, after all...
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