Port Said Sights

Sights in Port Said

  1. A

    Stone Plinth

    This large stone plinth once held a statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, until it was torn down in 1956 with the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Although the statue was restored at the expense of the French government in the early 1990s, it has yet to be re-erected.

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  2. B

    Military Museum

    This compact museum houses relics from the 1956 Suez Crisis and the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel, such as a few captured US tanks with the Star of David painted on them, as well as an odd collection of UXOs (unexploded ordnance).

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  3. C

    Suez Canal House

    If you've ever seen a picture of Port Said, it was probably of the striking green domes of the Suez Canal House, which was built in time for the inauguration of the canal in 1869. Unfortunately, the building is off-limits to visitors.

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  4. Italian Consulate Building

    Erected in the 1930s and adorned with an engraved piece of the propaganda of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini: 'Rome - once again at the heart of an empire'.

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  5. D

    Churches

    An impressive collection of churches, including the Coptic Orthodox church of St Bishoi of the Virgin and the Franciscan compound.

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