Caesareum

The Caesareum was a Temple built by Queen Cleopatra VII in Alexandria in Egypt, which formed part of the Great Library of Alexandria.
Queen Cleopatra VII built the Caesareum as a Temple in honour of her late Consort Julius Caesar, the father of her son Caesarion. she then dedicated it to Mark Anthony.

When Octavian defeated Cleopatra and Mark Anthony at the Battle of Actium, he erased all trace of Mark Anthony and of Cleopatra, and dedicated the Temple to himself.
So that the Temple could be observed from the harbour, Octavian removed two Obelisks from the Temple of Ra-Atum at Heliopolis, and placed them in front of the Caesareum.
The Caesareum was part of a larger Temple complex and formed part of the Great Library of Alexandria until the fourth century CE, when it was converted into a Christian church. Between 412-444 CE it was the Residence of the Patriarch of Alexandria. Parts of the building survived until the nineteenth century.
In 415 CE, Hypatia, Philosopher, Mathematician and the Chief Librarian of the Great Library of Alexandria, was murdered by a mob on the steps of the Caesareum.

Cleopatra's Needle
- One Obelisk was erected on Victoria Embankment, London, on the 12th September 1878.
New York Obelisk
- The other Obelisk is located in New York Central Park, USA.

Alexandria, Egypt