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Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BC. The newly founded town wasconceived as an orthogonal grid based on a main longitudinal axis, later calledCanopic Road. We analyse here the astronomical orientation of the project andpropose that the main axis was deliberately oriented towards the rising sun onthe day of birth of Alexander the Great. The argument is admittedly speculativeas any Archaeoastronomy argument not backed up by written sources. However, itis nested accurately into the archaeological records and into what is known onthe foundation of the town. Further, a topographical analysis is given tosustain the thesis.

The astronomical orientation of the urban plan of Alexandria