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Friday, June 15, 2012

El Muallaqa ( The Hanging Church ) – Egypt

El Muallaqa ( The Hanging Church ) – Cairo
 
 
- The hanging church is devoted to the holy virgin mary and was built around 300 a.d. The name is derived from its location atop the southwestern gate of the fortress of babylon in old or coptic ,cairo with its nave suspended above the passage. The church got its present shape in 1775 . The church can be reached by narrow flight of twenty nine steps . Beyond the covered entrance there is an open court with a fountain . The main body of the current church features a central nave and two narrow aisles separated by a row of three old white marble columns spanned by white arches .
 
 
 

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