El Mandara or Al Mandarah (
Arabic: المندرة) is a neighborhood in
Alexandria,
Egypt.
Ancient site
The modern neighborhood of El Mandarah is identified with the ancient town of Taposiris or Chersonesus Parva, which was mentioned by the ancient writers
Strabo and
Ptolemy.[1] The ancient Greek geographer
Strabo wrote that young people of Alexandria would celebrate feasts in the neighborhood.[2] There are few remains of the ancient town today.[3][4][5]