{"id":18850,"date":"2026-09-23T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/monuments\/ciudadela-de-qaitbay-es\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:40:45","slug":"ciudadela-de-qaitbay-es","status":"publish","type":"monument","link":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/es\/monuments\/ciudadela-de-qaitbay-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciudadela de Qaitbay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Ciudadela de Qaitbay fue construida por el sult\u00e1n al-Ashraf Qaitbay en 1477 en el emplazamiento del Faro de Alejandr\u00eda, el antiguo faro que fue una de las Siete Maravillas del Mundo Antiguo. Para sus muros se utiliz\u00f3 piedra proveniente del faro en ruinas.<\/p>\n<p>Situada en una estrecha pen\u00ednsula a la entrada del puerto oriental, la fortaleza es uno de los monumentos m\u00e1s fotografiados de la costa mediterr\u00e1nea de Egipto.<\/p>\n<h2>Qu\u00e9 ver\u00e1<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Los muros defensivos y las torres que dan al mar.<\/li>\n<li>La torre del homenaje central y la mezquita dentro de la ciudadela.<\/li>\n<li>Columnas y bloques antiguos reutilizados del Faro.<\/li>\n<li>Vistas panor\u00e1micas del puerto de Alejandr\u00eda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Consejos pr\u00e1cticos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Comb\u00ednelo con una visita a la Biblioteca de Alejandr\u00eda y la Corniche.<\/li>\n<li>El atardecer es el mejor momento para tomar fotograf\u00edas.<\/li>\n<li>El lugar es ventoso, as\u00ed que sujete bien su sombrero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una fortaleza mameluca construida en el emplazamiento del antiguo Faro de Alejandr\u00eda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15245,"template":"","monument-region":[574],"class_list":["post-18850","monument","type-monument","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","monument-region-alejandria-y-la-costa-norte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - 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