Why visit Rosetta
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 3 places to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Rashid National Museum and Bolbitine.
Weather in Rosetta
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About Rosetta
Rosetta or Rashid (Arabic: رشيد, romanized: Rašīd, IPA: [ɾɑˈʃiːd]; Coptic: ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ, romanized: ti-Rashit) is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered in nearby Fort Julien in 1799.
From the Wikipedia article Rosetta (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Rosetta on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks5
Bolbitine
Monument and historic site
Ancient town of Lower Egypt situated at one of the mouths of the Nile, now Rosetta
Restaurants and cafes3
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship7
History
Because of the proverbial phrase in Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ἅρμα, lit. 'Bolbitine chariot', researchers believe that Bolbitine was celebrated for its manufactory of chariots in antiquity. The city was near the mouth of a branch of the Nile that was called the Bolbitine mouth (τὸ Βολβίτινον στόμα). Herodotus wrote that the Bolbitine mouth was not a natural but an excavated channel.
Iban Haqal mentioned it and said that it is a city on the Nile, close to the salt sea from a crater known as Ashtum (Ancient Greek: Στόμα, lit. 'mouth, estuary'). Also mentioned in the Al-Mushtaq excursion, it was described as a civilized city with a market, merchants and workers, and it has farms, yields, wheat and barley, and it has many good words, and it has many palm trees and wet fruits, and it has whales and fish species from the salty sea and many indigo fish.
From the History section of Rosetta on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare2
Map of Rosetta
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Getting there and nearby towns
Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 87 km away.
- Idkū 15 km southwest, about 15 min by car
- Muţūbas 15 km southeast, about 15 min by car
- Al Maḩmūdīyah 26 km southeast, about 26 min by car
- Fuwwah 25 km southeast, about 25 min by car
- Abū Ḩummuş 35 km south, about 35 min by car
- Disūq 37 km southeast, about 37 min by car
- Kafr ad Dawwār 40 km southwest, about 40 min by car
- Alexandria 52 km southwest, about 52 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 86 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Tanta 88 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Hurriya square in Rosetta 01, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- Hurriya square in Rosetta 04, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- Hurriya square in Rosetta 02, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- Hurriya square in Rosetta 03, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- Hurriya square in Rosetta 05, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- RashidNorth, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- AAA1682 1, Walaa shabeb, CC BY-SA 4.0
- غروب الشمس فى مدينة رشيد, Nesma morshedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cemetery of Rashid 02, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- Cemetery of Rashid 01, Marsupium, CC BY 4.0
- مسجد المعلق -١, Rami fawzi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- الجامع المعلق - ٢, Rami fawzi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- المسجد المعلق - رشيد, Ahmed Farouk Hassan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sasdscx, Mostafaaymanelbaz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- كورنيش رشيد 2020, Faris El-Gwely, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rashed - Mohamed Abdelzaher, Mohamed abdelzaher, CC BY-SA 4.0
- متحف رشيد, Rami fawzi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- بانوراما خارجية متحف رشيد, Ahmed Farouk Hassan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gigi Ibrahim, an Egyptian journalist and blogger, Gigi Ibrahim, CC BY 2.0
- Gigi farming, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- Gigi Ibrahim on a boat, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- Seif, Gigi and 3effat, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- Gigi and Rasha, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- Gigi Ibrahim next to a boat, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- Geeeeg, Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo, Egypt, CC BY 2.0
- ISS067-E-202966 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-202965 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS023-E-54061 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-201338 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-201337 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Fishing boat in Rashid, Zozy1181, CC BY-SA 4.0
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