The governorate of Bur Sa’id is the smallest one in Egypt, with practically one place to visit, which is the capital city of the province, called Bur Sa’id or Port Said. The city was founded in 1859 as a base for construction of Suez Canal. Today as a duty free port, it is the most commercially active of the canal cities, and is enjoyed as a summer resort. Often missed by visitors, but nevertheless of interest is the colonial architecture of the 19th century in the town centre. There is a National Museum in Port Said, which houses artifacts from most periods of Egypt's past, including pharaonic and prehistoric. Located on Sharia Palestine, the museum also houses Islamic and Coptic exhibits, including textiles, manuscripts and coins. There is also a Military Museum, which carries along with some small displays of pharaonic and Islamic wars, artifacts from the Suez Crises and the 1967 and 1973 wars. The fame of Port Said comes from the fact that the American statue of Liberty was originally to be placed not in New York but at Port Said. The design of the statue was as 'Egypt carrying the light of Asia', but as it happened to be too expensive the 'Light of Asia' was sent to the US instead, where she became the Statue of Liberty.