Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo

Saint Mercurius Church in is a Coptic Orthodox church situated just to the north of the Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo among a group of important churches, and within the area known as the Abu Sayfayn Cloister is to be found three churches and a convent.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: building in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Abu Siphen Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ and Fustat.

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The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a , located in the neighbourhood of , . Named in honour of the Arab Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As, the mosque was built in c. 642 CE as the centre of the newly founded capital of Egypt, . is situated 360 metres southeast of Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo.

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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of . It was built adjacent to what is now known as by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first built in Egypt. is situated 720 metres southeast of Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo.

Museum
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The is a in , Egypt, which contains the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. is situated 750 metres south of Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

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is the extensive district of southern from the southern boundary of down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.

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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

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is a well-planned and leafy district of central , immediately south of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. In 1905 the agricultural architect Jose Lamba was asked by the owners of the Nile Land and Agricultural Company to design a new city.

Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo

Latitude
30.01251° or 30° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
31.23084° or 31° 13′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G2H267J+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 328955627
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q7401898
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abu Sayfayn Cloister and مدافن طائفة الأقباط الكاثوليك- Catholic Community Cemetery.

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