Coptic Cairo or old Cairo
September 19th 2019 Today we walked around Old Cairo. We visited 2 churches, a synagogue and a mosque.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church also known as The Hanging Church is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the third century. The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo)
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