Friday 15 April 2011

Cavafy Street

A welcome event in Alexandria has been the dedication of C P Cavafy Street. Constantine Cavafy lived at 10 Rue Lepsius but the address was unhappily changed in 1967 to 4 Sharia Sharm el Sheikh. Now this year, on 10 February, Alexandria has renamed the street after its great poet.

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