El-Horeya Road

During the times of the Ptolemaic Kingdom the Canopic Way used to be decorated with marble columns, and was bordered to the north by the Moon Gate and to the south by the Sun Gate.[1] It was intersected at its western end by the Soma Street (Ancient Greek: Σώμα, modern Nabi Daniil Street), where the site of Alexander's Tomb was located. The famous Mouseion, which included the Library of Alexandria, was close by this intersection.[2]

In the 5th century this area of the city got mostly desolated, and many buildings fell into ruin, and the city centre shifted north towards the seaside.

Rosetta Gate in 1785

After the Arab Conquest of Egypt the city shrunk even further, and it's borders were defined by the new Arab Walls, the remains of which can be seen on the road. The street became known as Bab al-Rashid (Arabic: باب الرشيد, lit. 'gates of Rosetta'), after one of the gates of these walls.

It was renamed to Fuad I Road at the beginning of the 20th century, and got its modern name after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.[3]