Coptic Cairo Chronicles: Timeless Heritage Tour

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1. Officially named the Church of the Virgin Mary, the hanging church located in the center of old Cairo. This unique position makes the church feel like it's floating in mid-air. It was a much more impressive sight when it was first built when the ground level was several meters lower than it is today.

   29 min

2. The fort is also known as Qasr el Shamee, or Tian Palace, as its towers are lit up with candles at the beginning of every month. Thus, people track the sun from one to another, tower. Six Coptic Churches, Convents, and Coptic Museums It's inside the fortress.

   29 min

3. Oldest exhibit on pre-Christian Greek civilization There is many murals about people harvesting grapes, winemaking, and about Dionysus and Aphrodite. About Zeus and Europe, The building on which the museum is displayed is a masterpiece. It showcases a fascinating mix of Arab and Byzantine architecture.

   30 min

4. This church can be considered as a part of visiting Coptic Cairo. St George's Church is inside the Babylonian fortress and is Greek Orthodox. The original church dates are from the 10th century but were destroyed by fire. The current structure of the church was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

   30 min

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Le Caire, capitale tentaculaire de l'Égypte sur le Nil : pyramides de Gizeh, mosquées médiévales, bazars animés et trésors des pharaons.

À la lisière ouest de la ville, les pyramides de Gizeh et le Grand Sphinx s'élèvent sur le plateau désertique, avec la pyramide à degrés de Saqqarah et les ruines de Memphis plus au sud. Les grands musées du Caire, le musée égyptien de la place Tahrir et le vaste Grand Musée égyptien près du plateau, abritent des objets qui couvrent des milliers d'années.

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