Rosetta
Egypt
Rosetta (also known as Rashid) is the Egyptian port city where the Rosetta Stone was discovered at nearby Fort Julien in 1799, making it one of the most consequential sites in the history of archaeology. Founded around the 9th century on the Nile Delta, it flourished after Alexandria's decline following the Ottoman conquest of 1517 and retains a concentration of Ottoman-era mansions and Islamic monuments — civil, religious, and military — that few Egyptian cities outside Cairo still preserve. The city sits where the Nile's Rashid branch meets the Mediterranean.
- Population301,795
- Nearest water from center0.9 km
- Nearest mountain from center1.8 km