Church · Egypt
Hanging Church (Church of the Virgin Mary)
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Old Cairo's Church of the Virgin Mary, raised over a gate of the Roman Babylon fortress and known for its icons and marble pulpit.
Where it is
30.0053, 31.2302
Why go
The church takes its popular name from its position above the remains of the Roman fortress of Babylon in Old Cairo. Inside, three rows of marble columns divide the hall into aisles beneath a wooden roof often likened to Noah's Ark. Look for the eleventh-century marble pulpit raised on slender columns, a carved granite baptismal basin and walls hung with icons, most from the late eighteenth century. It sits beside the Coptic Museum.
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