Egypt’s Building Law Bans Advertising on Historic Buildings, Bridges and Highways

Egypt’s Building Law prohibits advertising on historic buildings, bridges and highways, placing these locations off limits for signs and promotional displays.

The ban covers advertisements, signboards and posters. It also extends to advertising applied directly to surfaces through writing or drawing.

The wording is not limited to those formats: advertising by any other means is also prohibited in the designated places.

The restriction therefore concerns both where advertising appears and how it is displayed. Using a different medium does not remove the prohibition at the locations covered by the law.