Port Said was founded by Said Pasha in 1859 as a field workers. After the Suez Canal was built in Port Said has become an important site for the docking of commercial vessels. The town lies on the shores of Lake Manzali.
The city has seen the destruction that has a lot to the war and subsequent reconstruction, but has always managed to find his feet again. This city has become a winter destination for Europeans and the heel in the 19th century, and you can see many colonial-style bungalows still standing in a quiet, shaded streets of Port Said.
The Suez Canal and offers a picturesque backdrop to the city. Visitors can often be noted that the images of ships or exchange of luxury online docking port. Sharia Palestine Street is lined with banks and other businesses. The Military Museum is also on sharia Street. It is home to weapons of ancient Egyptian times.
The National Museum is a repository for old Egyptian coins, textiles, clothing and rolls of parchment. The museum pieces from the Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic periods of Egyptian history. A small note that the city is the Statue of Liberty, now arriving at the port of New York, was originally housed in Port Said.