Virgin Mary Church

Virgin Mary Church is a church in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Virgin Mary Church is situated nearby to Saint George’s Church, as well as near Coptic Cairo.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coptic Cairo and Fustat.

Coptic Cairo

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Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. Coptic Cairo is situated 130 metres south of Virgin Mary Church.

Fustat

Protected area

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Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 340 metres east of Virgin Mary Church.

Coptic Museum

Museum

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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, 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. Coptic Museum is situated 230 metres southwest of Virgin Mary Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.

Old Cairo

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

Sayyidah Zainab District

Suburb

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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. 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.

Giza

Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Virgin Mary Church

Type: Church
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

30.00741° or 30° 0′ 27″ north

Longitude

31.23184° or 31° 13′ 55″ east

Open location code

8G2H264J+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1244575526

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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