Alexandria’s Cavafy Museum Reopens After Restoration

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Egypt Today staff

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Sat, 25 May 2024 - 10:43 GMT

BY

Egypt Today staff

Sat, 25 May 2024 - 10:43 GMT

Cavafy Museum.

Cavafy Museum.

Alexandria’s Cavafy Museum was reopened after restoration.

 
 
The museum is dedicated to Constantine Cavafy, one of the most significant Greek poets of the 20th century, who spent much of his life in Alexandria.
 
 
 
 
The reopening highlighted the extensive renovations funded by the Onassis Foundation, which transformed Cavafy’s former residence into a modern space that celebrates his literary legacy.
 
 
Cavafy House was established in 1992 as per the initiative of Kostis Moskov, an energetic and charismatic man and a literature, poetry, and writing enthusiast.
 
The museum was currently known as the House of Cavafy; it is the apartment in which the poet Cavafy spent the last 35 years of his life. 

 

Although there are several apartments in the building, we know that this particular apartment was the one in which Cavafy lived, because it is the only one that has a balcony in the building.

 

The entrance to the building has been carefully designed to reflect how Cavafy’s life was full of documents, poetry, and work.
 

 

The street was known as Lipsos in the days of Cavafy, and its name was changed to become Cavafy St.

 

 

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