Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

Red Sea Governorate · Egypt

Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Egypt
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October to April
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An ancient Coptic monastery in the eastern desert, built around the cave where its hermit namesake is said to have lived. Fortified walls and old churches sit amid barren hills near the Red Sea coast.

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