Monastery of Saint Fana
The Monastery of Saint Fana is a Coptic Orthodox monastery. It is named after Saint Fana, also known as Bane, Coptic Christian hermit. The monastery is sometimes called the Monastery of Abu Fanah and is also known as the Monastery of the Cross, due to the presence of many beautifully decorated crosses inside its church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: Monastery in Middle Egypt
- Also known as: “Abū Fānā Monastery”, “Abū Fānā Monestery”, “Dayr Abu Fana”, “Dayr Abū Fānā”, and “Deir Abu Fana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuna el-Gebel.
Tuna el-Gebel
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuna el-Gebel was the necropolis of Khmun. It is the largest known Greco-Roman necropolis in Egypt, dating from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period, and seeing heavy use in the Ptolemaic Period. Tuna el-Gebel is located in Al Minya Governorate in Middle Egypt. Tuna el-Gebel is situated 9 km southeast of Monastery of Saint Fana.
Monastery of Saint Fana
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.84526° or 27° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
30.69802° or 30° 41′ 53″ eastElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
7GVGRMWX+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 2710018090OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Monastery of Saint Fana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو فانا”
- Arabic: “دير أبو فانا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير ابو فانا”
- German: “Dair Abu Fana”
- German: “Deir Abu Fana”
- German: “Deir Abū Fānā”
- German: “Kloster des Heiligen Fana”
- Korean: “아부 파나 수도원”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea coptă „Saint Fana””
- Spanish: “monasterio de San Fana”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Fana”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monastery of Saint Fana”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.