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SAINT SIMEON MONASTERY (DEIR AMBA SAMAAN)
Aswan
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
Where the devil is Simeon? We don't know, except that he gave his name to ...Read more
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HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE
Gourna - Thèbes Ouest
Religious buildings • €
4/5
(4 reviews)
Even more than its architecture, the site's location at the foot of a ...Read more
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MONT SAINTE-CATHERINE (2,637 M)
Sainte-Catherine
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
4/5
(2 reviews)
At 2,637 metres, Mount Sainte-Catherine (djebel Katherin) is the highest ...Read more
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KHNUM TEMPLE
Esna
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
The temple is dedicated to the god Khnum, represented with a ram's head, ...Read more
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BEN IZRA SYNAGOGUE
Cairo
Synagogue to visit
3/5
(1 review)
Built in the 12th century on the site of a church (Saint Michael), the ...Read more
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SAINT BARBARA'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
The Coptic Church of St. Barbara is of a structure comparable to that of ...Read more
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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
It is a very old church built in the 10th century which was rebuilt late in ...Read more
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ORACLE TEMPLES
Siwa
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
To tell the truth, little remains of the temple where Alexander the Great ...Read more
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MANDOLIN TEMPLE
New Kalabcha
Religious buildings
It was Augustus who erected this temple, originally located 40 km north of ...Read more
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TEMPLE OF HIBIS
El-Kharga
Religious buildings
Built by Psammetic II and completed by Darius I (521-486), this temple, ...Read more
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ENTIRE INAL SULTAN
Cairo
Religious buildings
Next to the complex of Qurqumas, is built the complex of Sultan Inal, much ...Read more
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SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Cairo
Religious buildings
This is probably the most beautiful Mamluk ensemble to be found outside the ...Read more
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Deir al-Surian (MONASTERY OF THE SYRIANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
It is without doubt the prettiest of the four monasteries, although it is ...Read more
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MADRASAH AND MOSQUE OF SULTAN QATBAY
Cairo
Religious buildings
To get to the madrasa and the mosque of Sultan Qatbay, you first pass a ...Read more
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SULTAN ACHRAF BARSBAY'S KHANQA
Cairo
Mosque to visit
As a reminder, a khanqah was a place that originally housed religious ...Read more
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DEIR BARAMOS (MONASTERY OF THE ROMANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
This Orthodox Coptic monastery is located in the desert of Nitria. The ...Read more
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DEIR ANBA BICHOÏ
Wadi Natroun
Abbey monastery and convent
Deir Anba Bishoi is an important Coptic Orthodox monastery. It is also ...Read more
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DEIR ABU MAKAR (HOLY MONASTERY)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
The most remarkable monastery in Wadi Natroun is home to 120 monks. Founded ...Read more
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CHAPELS OF AINEL-MUFTELLAH
Bahareyya
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
3 km west of the oasis, four interesting chapels of the XXVIth dynasty, ...Read more
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ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This Mamluk mosque, built in the 14th century, is a small replica of the ...Read more
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MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque built in 1567 by Mahmoud Pacha, the bloodthirsty governor of Cairo, ...Read more
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EL MUSTAHFIZAN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 ...Read more
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AMIR AL-TINBOGHA AL-MARIDANI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The Al Tinbogha el-Maridani mosque, built in 1324, is much more interesting ...Read more
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SHEIKH MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The mosque was built between 1349 and 1355 by Prince Sheikhou, who obtained ...Read more
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KHANQAH SHEIKHOU
Cairo
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Six years after building his mosque, Prince Sheikhou decided to erect a ...Read more
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SAYEDA ZEINAB MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The city of Cairo is under the votive protection of Sayeda Zeinab, ...Read more
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SALAH SANGAR MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM
Cairo
Religious buildings
The complex was built in 1304 by Prince el-Din Sangar el-Gaouli and his ...Read more
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SERGHAMISH MADRASSA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This splendid but tiny madrassa was built in 1356 by Prince Seif el-Din ...Read more
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MEDRESSA IBN TAGHRI
Cairo
Mosque to visit
Mamluk of Sultan Farag ibn Barquq and secretary of Gaqmaq, it was Prince ...Read more
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AL-AZHAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It is the oldest of the Fatimid mosques in the city, built in 971 by ...Read more
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EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This mosque is one of the later ones. It was built by the Khedive Ismail in ...Read more
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AMR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
In the eyes of Islam, the Amr mosque is invested with high symbolic value. ...Read more
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EL-AQMAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This superb Fatimid-period mosque was completed in 1125, where a Coptic ...Read more
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MOSQUE SOLIMAN AGHA EL-SILAHDAR AND SABIL
Cairo
Religious buildings
A rare example of a monument dating from the end of the reign of Muhammad ...Read more
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EL-HAKIM MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Built between 990 and 1013 by el-Aziz and his son el-Hakim. It is the ...Read more
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SALEH TALAI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It was in 1160 that the vizier Saleh Talai undertook to build a ...Read more
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SULTAN AL-MUAYYAD MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This mosque was erected between 1415 and 1420 by Sultan el-Mouayyed. It ...Read more
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EL-FAKAHANI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Taking Muezz el-Din Allah Street, one can see on its left a beautiful ...Read more
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SULTAN HASAN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
In Salah el-Din Square, these two mosques face each other and are ...Read more
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SAINT-ANTOINE MONASTERY
Zaafarana
Religious buildings
Saint Anthony is considered in the Christian world to be one of the ...Read more
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ST. PAUL'S MONASTERY
Zaafarana
Religious buildings
A sacred site for Egypt's Orthodox Copts, it is attributed to the hermit ...Read more
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MOSQUE AND MADRASSA INAL-EL-YOUSSOUFI
Cairo
Religious buildings
Both monuments were erected between 1392 and 1393. It has only two iwans in ...Read more
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FARAN MOSQUE
El Quseir
Religious buildings
Located in the Old City, the Sheikh Al-Farran Mosque of its full name is ...Read more
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ABU EL-ABBAS EL-MORSI MOSQUE
Alexandria
Religious buildings
The Abu al-Abbas al-Morsi Mosque is built on an older building, dating from ...Read more
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ST. MENAS MONASTERY
Borg Al Arab
Religious buildings
According to Coptic tradition, the camels carrying the remains of Menas, ...Read more
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AGHA KHAN MAUSOLEUM
Aswan
Religious buildings
Solitary and majestic, the mausoleum of Agha Khan III, buried in 1959 (2 ...Read more
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NABI DANIEL MOSQUE
Alexandria
Religious buildings
The Nabi Daniel mosque, named after the prophet common to all three ...Read more
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ARMON TEMPLES
Siwa
Religious buildings
The Ptolemaic edifice is unreadable, as it is a section of wall and a few ...Read more
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NOTRE DAME BASILICA
Cairo
Religious buildings
The basilica was built from 1911 to 1913 on the plans of Alexandre Marcel, ...Read more
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ELIYAHU HANAVI SYNAGOGUE
Alexandria
Religious buildings
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, built in the early 19th century, has the ...Read more