Restoration
of the synagogue is expected to take 8 months and cost EGP 100 million. Written
By/ Nevine El-Aref.
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The Jewish Synagogue
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Abdel
Aziz said that Arab Contractors and Orascom Construction, assigned to the task
by the Armed Forces Engineering Authority, are now on site to install all the
required equipment in order to prepare the site for restoration.
He
said that the restoration work is being executed under the supervision of the
antiquities ministry and will take eight months. The budget of EGP100 million
is being provided by the Egyptian government.
According
to Abdel Aziz, the government has allocated EGP 1.27 billion to complete eight
restoration projects: the Jewish synagogue and the Greco-Roman Museum in
Alexandria; the Development of the Giza Plateau; the restoration of King
Farouk’s resthouse in the plateau; the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
in Fustat; Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis; Mohamed Ali Pasha Palace in
Shoura; and Alexan Palace in Assiut.
“The
antiquities ministry is keen to restore all Egypt's archaeological sites,
including Jewish, Coptic and Islamic sites, which represent the country's
heritage,” Abdel Aziz said.
Waadalah
Abul-Ela, the head of the Projects Department at the ministry, said that the
restoration work at the synagogue aims to restore the synagogue's architecture
and fine decorative elements, as well as the lighting and security systems.
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue is located in Nabi
Daniel Street in downtown Alexandria and is the oldest synagogue in the city. It was originally built in 1354 but was
subjected to destruction by the Napoleon expedition to Egypt in 1798, in order
to build a defensive wall from the Kom El-Dikka area to the Mediterranean. In
1850, the synagogue was reconstructed with contributions from the royal family.
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