Saint Simeon Monastery
Saint Simeon Monastery is a monastery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Saint Simeon Monastery is situated nearby to the tomb Mausoleum of Aga Khan, as well as near the islet El Nabatat Island.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monastery at the west bank of Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as: “Deir Anba Hadra”, “Monastery of Saint Simeon”, and “monastery of St Simeon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and El Nabatat Island.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Qubbet el-Hawa
Hill
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 5 km south of Saint Simeon Monastery.
Wadi Kubbaniya
Locality
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. Wadi Kubbaniya is situated 9 km west of Saint Simeon Monastery.
Saint Simeon Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.09472° or 24° 5′ 41″ northLongitude
32.87577° or 32° 52′ 33″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VVG+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 300665263OpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=wallOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1626365
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tatar—“Saint Simeon Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا سمعان بأسوان”
- Catalan: “monestir de Sant Simó”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Simó”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا سمعان بأسوان”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا هدرا”
- French: “Deir Anba Hadra”
- French: “Monastere de Saint-Simeon”
- French: “monastère de Saint-Siméon”
- French: “Monastère de saint-siméon”
- French: “Monastère de Saint-Siméon”
- French: “Monastère De Saint-Siméon”
- French: “Monastère Saint Siméon”
- German: “Deir Anba Hadra”
- German: “Simeonskloster”
- Swedish: “Sankt Simeons kloster”
- Tatar: “Изге Симеон кәшишханәсе”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monastery of St. Simeon and Mausoleum of Aga Khan.
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