Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
Abou-Menas Monastery, (Ministry of Tourism, Egypt)
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Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1979
Size of heritage: 183 ha

Coordinates:
Longitude: 29,667°
Latitude: 30,850°

About

The church, baptistry, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria, who died in A.D. 296.


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