--- title: "Pompey's Pillar · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/place/plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2" updated: null --- # Pompey's Pillar · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Pompey's Pillar · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/place/plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2) attraction # Pompey's Pillar An ancient monument, this 25-m-high granite column was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 297. Go here together [Make a plan together](https://openvibe.fun/plans/new?place=Pompey%27s+Pillar&city=Alexandria&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fpompey-s-pillar-plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2&lat=31.182494&lon=29.896453) [Add to Our places](https://openvibe.fun/places/new?place=Pompey%27s+Pillar&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fpompey-s-pillar-plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2) A date poll for your people, or a shared list of places you want to see. ![Pompey's Pillar](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZT3ZW6P4KB8ZGXR034VKGW) Photo: Bilal Detailz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%28Bold_Pompey's_Pillar%2C_Alexandria_%28vintage.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) 2 more photos - ![Pompey's Pillar, photo 2 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQHXFV0EB4HDR730S38ETQ?w=640) Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · CC BY 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKITLV_A1124_-_Pilaar_van_Pompeius_te_Alexandri%C3%AB%2C_KITLV_119436.tiff) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) - ![Pompey's Pillar, photo 3 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZVVY0Y6QK9F4D0P7647VZJ?w=640) Photo: Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm Wilhelm Hammerschmidt · PDM-owner · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APompey's_Column_in_Alexandria_of_Egypt%2C_No._4_%28SM_stf568%29.png) - [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=31.182494&mlon=29.896453#map=16/31.182494/29.896453) - **Admission not confirmed**check before you go ## Why go The confined area where the column stands also has other ruins and sculptures such as the Serapium oracle. Also beside this area is a very big shopping center for cloth and furniture called "El-Saa3a," where you can find many types of cloth or clothes. Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Alexandria) ## How to visit Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel. ## Come back later Ask for a reminder on the day you want to go. Remind us on a date ## See it live [Stream it from here](https://openvibe.live/broadcast?place=Pompey%27s+Pillar&place_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fpompey-s-pillar-plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2&title=At+Pompey%27s+Pillar) No public streams or clips from here yet. Stream it and you are the first: OpenVibe.Live opens its go-live setup, and you choose when to start. ## Nearby 1. ![Bibliotheca Alexandrina](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZT5C4Y23NGPSREVZDX70E8?w=640) ### [Bibliotheca Alexandrina](/place/bibliotheca-alexandrina-plc_5MWSZMQPQBQR1W5QRFX6B8RBW5) attraction Photo: René Dinkel · CC0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABibliotheca_Alexandrina_%28Alexandrie_biblioth%C3%A8que%29.jpg) 2. ![El-Mursi Abul-Abbas Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQHXDW4HFMY4PK1N3BBM6J?w=640) ### [El-Mursi Abul-Abbas Mosque](/place/el-mursi-abul-abbas-mosque-plc_H1VMHD75CQAXB2QW0NRN2AAJSW) attraction Photo: D-Stanley · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMosque_of_Abu_Abbas_al-Mursi.jpg) 3. ![Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZT467VBTFWS1QD01HA0ZJ4?w=640) ### [Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa](/place/catacombs-of-kom-el-shoqafa-plc_MFV2ZPJDDW1M4H6RSG86BTPBN1) attraction Photo: Asiatologist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC_%CE%95%CE%BB_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B1.jpg) 4. ![Taposiris Magna](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQHXE61E5RXRZHA3V40DZ8?w=640) ### [Taposiris Magna](/place/taposiris-magna-plc_1ED7N677155QV8PN0C9EYYFBBG) attraction Photo: Koantao · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANorth_View_of_Taposiris_Magna_Osiris_Temple.jpg) 5. ![Citadel of Qaitbay](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZT4CK70VF0CWMQF9PBVGC7?w=640) ### [Citadel of Qaitbay](/place/citadel-of-qaitbay-plc_0NWZ28WR3S05BXNHS92Y3R7EE4) attraction Photo: Ahnaf Saber · CC BY 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAlexandria_Egypt_%28235108463%29.jpeg) 6. ![Montaza Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZT6JCQD013B8KP97EQCDBQ?w=640) ### [Montaza Palace](/place/montaza-palace-plc_GNNKY4J6SZ6HQ387QY8XR7RX8W) attraction Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMONTAZA_GARDENS_AND_PARK%2C_ALEXANDRIA%2C_EGYPT.jpg) ## On these routes 1. [**Alexandria: more of the See list** Alexandria · 7 stops](/routes/rte_MNXDM0DDG50MF0HRW2BXENVMXA) [Sign in](/auth/login?next=%2Fplace%2Fpompey-s-pillar-plc_40Q625N3MT152F86CWBX2N5YK2) to save this place to a trip.