Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown
Project Location: Cairo, Egypt
Style/Period(s):
Classical
Primary Material(s):
Wood
Function(s):
Religious Building
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
1st Century, 11th Century
Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print
Armanios, Febe. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2015.
Capuani, Massimo, and Otto Friedrich August Meinardus. 2002. Christian Egypt: Coptic Art and Monuments Through Two Millennia. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 2002.
Siliotti, Alberto. Coptic Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2007.
Additional Information
Building Address
Kom Ghorab, Misr Al Qadimah, Cairo Governorate, Egypt.
Significant Dates
Built during patriarchate of Isaac (690–692),
Became seat of government for Coptic Pope in 1047
Tags
Coptic Egypt, Egyptian Papacy, Egyptian Architecture, Christian architecture, Christianity, Egypt, Middle East
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