Mar Mina
Mar Mina is a church in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Mar Mina is situated nearby to Egyptian Geological Museum, as well as near the church Mickael Angel.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Egyptian Geological Museum and Fustat.
Egyptian Geological Museum
Museum
Photo: Hatem Moushir, Public domain.
The Egyptian Geological Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. The museum was established in 1901 as part of the Egyptian Geological Survey, which had been started in 1896 under the direction of the Khedive Ismail. Egyptian Geological Museum is situated 220 metres west of Mar Mina.
Fustat
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fustat, also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt. Fustat is situated 1¼ km north of Mar Mina.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Hanging Church is situated 1 km north of Mar Mina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Old Cairo.
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.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi is a leafy and formerly suburban district of Cairo, south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile. Ma'adi was established in 1904, when a railway was built through the area to connect Cairo and Helwan to the south.
Mar Mina
- Type: Church
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.99679° or 29° 59′ 48″ northLongitude
31.23089° or 31° 13′ 51″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6WJ+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 771788817OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
“Mar Mina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مار مينا”
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