Mohamed Ali was born in 1769 in Kavala and lived there until we was 30 years old. He was the founder of the dynasty which ruled Egypt until 1952 and a major figure in the Eastern Mediterranean history in the first half of the 19th century. His house was built in 1780-90 and contains a museum today. The building has a total surface area of 330 square meters and was the largest house in the town at that time and is considered as one of the most splendid extant examples of eighteen-century Ottoman architecture in Greece. Apart from the house there is also a large garden that currently operates as a bar-restaurant. Next to Mohamed Ali’s house there is a bronze equestrian statue of him.