Hanging Church

Cairo Governorate · Egypt

Hanging Church, Egypt
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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One of Cairo's oldest Coptic churches, it earns its name from being built atop the gatehouse of a Roman fortress. Its wooden roof, ornate screens and icons make it a centerpiece of Coptic Cairo.

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